An ancient treasure, store of silver and of gold
Uncounted.
Thus forewarned the queen prepared her flight
And bade her comrades join her enterprise. They came,
Whom hatred or consuming terror of the prince
Inspired. A fleet of ships at anchor chanced to lie
In waiting. These they seized and quickly filled with gold;
Pygmalion’s treasure, heaped with greedy care, was reft
Away upon the sea, a woman leading all.
They reached at last the place where now the mighty walls