Mark you this dust beneath the wall?—

Well, sir, what of it?—hark, ’tis said

That, as Eumæus took last night

The axes from their rank o’erhead,

He saw a strange and fearful sight;

For all the arms, which never yet

Had been disturbed where they were set

By good Ulysses years ago,

Crumbled before his eyes; and lo!

Spear, helm, and shield, without a sound,