It is a parable. The weight of cares,
The uncertainties in human affairs—
These men attribute to the wrath of God;
Charging Heaven with strokes from Fortune’s rod.
Never huge Tityos lay chained upon
Torturing bank of pitchy Acheron.
Had such monster lived, and his writhing bulk
Paved, no mere nine acres, a guilt-logged hulk,
But the whole Earth’s circle, neither he could
Supply vultures groping his breast for food,