Pitiful the entreaties to be passed
Over. Some Charon takes, rejects the rest—
Perhaps with “sad” heart hid inside that rugged breast!
Well might Æneas wonder at the haste
To reach o’er those waters yon gloomy waste.
“Cocytus this,” the Maid, “that Styx, in whose
Name Gods dare not swear, and then break their vows;
They mark the boundaries of life and death,
Between the world above, the world beneath;
Spirit cannot claim to pass either flood