Such by grim Charon are they ferried o’er;
As such they show when rapping at Hell’s gate;
And are sorted in vestibules to wait.
A few mortals, and living, there have been
Who, by the Gods’ leave, in a day have seen
The whole Nether World; but e’en its wide marge,
Reserved for Untried, would take men at large
Their lives to traverse. Reckon! the huge space
Needed to lodge the dead of human race!
Expectants of a summons to be tried