Of Pluto strong and stern Prosérpina,
For them with marking eye he lurks; on them
Springs from his couch, and pitiless devours.
There, odious to immortals, dreadful Styx
Inhabits: refluent Ocean’s eldest-born:
She from the gods apart for ever dwells
In far-re-echoing mansions, [223]with arch’d roofs
Of loftiest rock o’erhung: and all around
The silver columns lean upon the skies.
Swift-footed Iris, nymph of Thaumas born,