They now resolved to wend their way from earth;
Some East, some West, some South, and others North:
Their minds, indeed, impressed with mighty things;
Such as did baffle all their reasonings.
As Hercules flew swiftly to the East,
Apollo and fair Daphne to the West,
Straight from the North great Boreas swept the plain,
And bore a portion of the mystic train
To the south region of the mournful height,
(For not a star had deign’d to shine that night,)—