land But only sky and sea, Saturnius bade A black cloud gather o’er our roomy ship. The sea grew dark below. On high the God Thundered again and yet again, and sent A bolt into our ship, which, as it felt The lightning, reeled and shuddered, and was filled With sulphur-smoke. The seamen from the deck Fell headlong, and were tossed upon the waves Like seamews round our galley, which the God Forbade them to regain. But Jupiter Gave to my hands, bewildered as I was, Our dark-prowed galley’s mast, unbroken yet, That by its aid I might escape. I wound My arms around it, and the raging winds Swept me along. Nine days they bore me on, And on the tenth dark night a mighty surge Drifted me, as it rolled, upon the coast Of the Thesprotians. There the hero-king Of the Thesprotians freely sheltered me And fed me; for his well-beloved son Had found me overcome with cold and toil, And took me by the hand and raised me up, And led me to his father’s house, and gave Seemly attire, a tunic and a cloak.
“There heard I of Ulysses. Pheidon told How he received him as a