Of Chalybean temper, agile, lithe,

And swifter than the roe; his ample chest

Was overbrow'd by a gigantic head,

With eyes keen, deeply sunk, and small, that gleam'd

Strangely in wrath as though some spirit unclean

Within that corporal tenement install'd

Look'd from its windows, but with temper'd fire

Beam'd mildly on the unresisting. Thin

His beard and hoary; his flat nostrils crown'd

A cicatrized, swart visage; but, withal,