Who ushers sluggish winter in,

Shall fall from heaven, and break thy urn,

Whoe'er thou art, O Waterman.865

And with thee shall the Fish depart

Remotest of the stars of heaven;

And those monsters[48] huge which never yet

Were in the ocean plunged, shall soon

Within the all-engulfing sea

Be swallowed up. And that huge Snake,

Which like a winding river glides870