Bounds in a whirl and rolls impetuous down:
Shrill rings the vehement crash, till some steep clift
Obstructs: to this the mass is borne along;
This wedges it immoveable: e’en so
Destroyer Mars, bowing the chariot, rush’d,
Yelling vociferous with a shout: e’en so,
As utterance prompt, met Hercules the shock
And firm sustain’d. But Jove-born Pallas came
With darkening shield uplifted, and to Mars
Stood interposed: and scowling with her eyes