Had ne’er the advent’rous vessel made;

In which at first, without dismay,

Death’s bold professors won their way,

In which th’ inhospitable main

Was first laid open for the bane

Of Grecians and barbarians too.

Which made the proud Æetas rue,

And whence Medea’s crimes to nought

The house and reign of Pelias brought.

She—while in various forms she tries