O dire Megaera, with thy blazing brand?

Dost thou seek penalty for Hercules?

I will discharge it. O thou dreadful one,

Already have the arbiters of hell

Passed judgment on me? Lo, I see the doors

Of that sad prison-house unfold for me.

Who is that ancient man who on his back,

Worn with the toil, the stone's huge burden heaves?1010

And even as I look the conquered stone

Rolls back again. Who on the whirling wheel