Their lairs; hard by the fearless flocks

The tawny Afric lion crouched;

The timid does feared not the wolves;

And serpents crawled forth to the light,

Their venom quite forgot.1060

When through the doors of Taenara

He made his way to the silent land,

Sounding his mournful lyre the while,

The glooms of Tartara were filled

With his sad song; and the sullen gods