With me and smite your breasts in woe,

And let your blows be heard afar,

By eastern and by western shores.

Ye dwellers in the whirling sky,

Ye gods above, do ye, too, weep

The fate of Hercules; for he1905

Your heavens upon his shoulders bore,

When Atlas, who was wont to bear

The spangled skies, was eased awhile

Of his vast load. Where now, O Jove,