But, like an eagle’s nest,

Sublime it hung. He looked again,

And from the cave a tawny mane

Shook o’er the rocky crest;

And now a lion’s head forth came,

And now, O Heaven! long tongues of flame

Ran wreathing round the hill.

No fear the son of Glaucus knew,

But pricked his forward will

The rock-perched monster to pursue: