But now when Jupiter from all the heaven
Had cast the Titans forth, huge Earth embraced
By Tartarus, through balmy Venus’ aid,
[227]Her youngest-born Typhœus bore; whose hands
Of strength are fitted to stupendous deeds:
And indefatigable are the feet
Of the strong god: and from his shoulders rise
A hundred snaky heads of dragon growth,
Horrible, quivering with their blackening tongues:
In each amazing head, from eyes that roll’d