Of Erebus were moved to tears.1065

He feared not the pool of the Stygian stream

By whose dread waves the heavenly gods

Make oath unbreakable.

The whirling rim of the restless wheel

Stood still, its breathless speed at rest.1070

The immortal liver of Tityos

Grew, undevoured, while at the song

The spellbound birds forgot their greed.

Thou, too, didst hear, O boatman grim,