erc'd,
"As from our fallen friend the arms to strip
"Prepar'd, he stoop'd. Thy father saw the deed.
"Chthonius too fell beneath my sword, and fell
"Teleboas. Chthonius bore a forky bough;
"A javelin arm'd the other; with its steel
"He pierc'd me. Lo! the mark the wound has left:--
"Still the old scar appears. Then was the time
"They should have sent me to the siege of Troy:
"Then had I power great Hector's arm to stay;
"To check, if not to conquer. Hector then
"Was born not, or a boy. Now age me robs
"Of all my force. Why should I say how fell
"Two-form'd Pyretus, by the strength o'erthrown
"Of Periphantes? Why of Amphyx tell,
"Who in Oeclus' hostile front deep sunk,
"(Oeclus centaur-born) a pointless spear?
"Macareus, Erigdupus, (near the hill
"Of Pelethronus born, against his chest
"Full-bearing,) prostrate laid. Nor should I pass,
"How I the spear beheld, by Nessus' hands
"Launch'd forth, and bury'd in Cymelus' groin.
"Nor think you Mopsus, Amphyx' son, excell'd
"Alone to teach the future. By the dart
"Of Mopsus, fell Odites double-form'd.
"To speak in vain he strove, for tongue to chin,
"And chin to throat were by the javelin nail'd.

"Caeneus ere this had five to death dispatch'd
"Bromius, Antimachus with hatchet arm'd;
"Pyracmon, Stiphelus, and Helimus.
"What wounds them slew I know not; well their names,
"And numbers I remember. Latreus big
"In body and in limbs, sprung forth adorn'd
"In the gay arms Halesus once had own'd;
"Halesus of Thessalia by him slain:
"'Twixt strong virility and age his years,
"Still strong virility his arm could boast;
"Gray hairs his temples sprinkled. Lofty seen
"In helm and shield, and Macedonian spear,
"Proudly between the adverse ranks he rode;
"And clash'd his arms, and circling scower'd along.
"These boasting words to the resounding air
"Brave issuing--Caenis, shall I bear thee so?
"Still will I think thee Caenis;--female still
"By me thou'lt be consider'd. 'Bates it nought
"Thy valor, when thy origin thy soul
"Reflects on? When thy mind allows to own
"What deed the grant obtained? What price was paid
"To gain the false resemblance of a man?
"What thou was born, remember: mark as well
"Who has embrac'd thee. Go, the distaff take,
"And carding basket. With thy fingers twirl
"The flax, and martial contests leave to men.
"The spear which Caeneus hurl'd, deep in