One held the pail, one pressed the dainty cheese,

Or drove the bulls home, sundered from the kine.

Pacing from stall to stall, Augéas saw

What revenue his herdsman brought him in.

With him his son surveyed the royal wealth,

And, strong of limb and purpose, Heracles.

Then, though the heart within him was as steel,

Framed to withstand all shocks, Amphitryon's son

Gazed in amazement on those thronging kine;

For none had deemed or dreamed that one, or ten,