So when, beneath the storm blast's lash,

The heaving waves break on the shore

Of Bruttium, and Scylla roars

Responsive from her cavern's depths;

Then, even within their sheltered port,580

The sailors fear the foaming sea

Which greedy Charybdis vomits up;

And Cyclops dreads his father's rage

Where he sits on burning Aetna's crag,

Lest the deathless flames on his roaring forge585