On land or sea, among the stars of heaven,
Or in the depths of hell, can keep thee safe
Beyond the deadly reach of Hercules.
Deianira: Some great disaster doth my mind presage.745
Hyllus: Hie thee to Juno's shrine, the victor's realm;
This refuge waits thee 'midst the loss of all.
Deianira: Tell what disaster hath o'erta'en me now.
Hyllus: That glory and sole bulwark of the world,
Whom in the place of Jove the fates had given750
To bless the earth, O mother, is no more.