To plough the sands with which he chokes the sea.

Against his middle arm, not many a mile

In the offing of black water is the isle

Named of Achilles, or as Leukê known,

Which tender Thetis, counselling alone

With her wise sire beneath the ocean-wave,

Unto her child’s departed spirit gave,

Where he might still his love and fame enjoy,

Through the vain Danaan cause fordone at Troy.

Thither Achilles passed, and long fulfill’d