He spake. His words gave courage and new strength To every heart. As when a hunter cheers His white-toothed dogs against some lioness Or wild boar from the forest, Hector thus, The son of Priam, terrible as Mars The slayer of men, cheered on the gallant sons Of Troy against the Greeks. Himself, inspired With fiery valor, rushed among the foes In the mid-battle foremost, like a storm That swoops from heaven, and on the dark-blue sea Falls suddenly, and stirs it to its depths.