Line called on line to take its ordered place.

All night they cruised, and, with a moving belt,

Prisoned the frith, till day ’gan peep, and still

No stealthy Greek the expected flight essayed.

But when at length the snowy-steeded Day

Burst o’er the main, all beautiful to see,

First from the Greeks a tuneful shout uprose,

Well-omened, and, with replication loud,

Leapt the blithe echo from the rocky shore.

Fear seized the Persian host, no longer tricked