They lie asleep with prizes in their nets.

203.

So close behind some promontory lie

The huge leviathans to attend their prey;

And give no chace, but swallow in the fry,

Which through their gaping jaws mistake the way.

204.

Nor was this all; in ports and roads remote,

Destructive fires among whole fleets we send;

Triumphant flames upon the water float,