Spreads like a lake; thy course to his oppose

And face him to the mountain whence he comes:

Which doubled, Thrace receives thee: barbarous names 1141

Of mountain, town and river, and a people

Strange to thine eyes and ears, the Agathyrsi,

Of pictured skins, who owe no marriage law,

And o’er whose gay-spun garments sprent with gold

Their hanging hair is blue. Their torrent swim

That measures Europe in two parts, and go

Eastward along the sea, to mount the lands