They went; but as they entering saw the queen
Of size enormous, and terrific mien
Swift at her call her husband scour’d away
To wreck his hunger on the destined prey;
One for his food the raging glutton slew,
But two rush’d out, and to the navy flew.
Balk’d of his prey, the yelling monster flies,
And fills the city with his hideous cries:
A ghastly band of giants hear the roar,
And, pouring down the mountains, crowd the shore.