Combustible, in vapours many-hued,

And myrrh-excelling perfumes. It is I,

The king, who holds with scepter-dropping hand

The helm of some great barge of chrysolite,

Sailing upon an amethystine sea

To isles of timeless summer: For the snows

Of hyperborean winter, and their winds,

Sleep in his jewel-builded capital,

Nor any charm of flame-wrought wizardry,

Nor conjured suns may rout them; so he flees,