Of ghastly Saturn, answering with a roar

Of mortal pain and spite and utmost rage,

Wherewith his grisly arm he raised once more,

And bade the cluster'd sinews all engage,

As if at one fell stroke to wreck an age.

CXVIII.

Whereas the blade flash'd on the dinted ground,

Down through his steadfast foe, yet made no scar

On that immortal Shade, or death-like wound;

But Time was long benumb'd, and stood ajar,