By Cinyras, a pledge of kind intent;⁠— For, when he heard in Cyprus that the Greeks Were bound for Ilium in their ships, he sent This gift, a homage to the king of men;⁠— Ten were its bars of tawny bronze, and twelve Were gold, and twenty tin; and on each side Were three bronze serpents stretching toward the neck, Curved like the colored bow which Saturn’s son Sets in the clouds, a sign to men. He hung His sword, all glittering with its golden studs, About his shoulders. In a silver sheath It nestled, which was slung on golden rings. And then he took his shield, a mighty orb, And nobly wrought and strong and beautiful, Bound with ten brazen circles. On its disk Were twenty bosses of white tin, and one Of tawny bronze just in the midst, where glared A Gorgon’s-head with angry eyes, round which Were sculptured Fear and Flight. Along its band Of silver twined a serpent wrought in bronze, With three heads springing from one neck and formed Into an orb. Upon his head he placed A helmet rough with studs on every side, And with four bosses, and a horse-hair plume