"Dashed by the driven waves the Planctae roared, From whose cleft summits flames sulphureous poured. Thick, dusky clouds involve the darkened skies, And hid are Phoebus splendours from their eyes. Though Vulcan ceased from his assiduous toils, The fires flash thick, and fervid ocean boils. Here over the sailing pine the nymphs preside, While Thetis' forceful hands the rudder guide. As oft in shoals the sportive dolphins throng, Circling the vessel as she sails along, Whose playful gambols round the prow and stern The much-delighted mariners discern; Round Argo thus the toiling nymphs attend, And, led by Thetis, their assistance lend."
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Compare: — Cymothoe, Triton, and the sea-green train Of beauteous nymphs, the daughters of the main, Clear from the rocks the vessels with their hands. — The Works of Virgil, tr. by John Dryden (1697), Aeneid, I. 205–207 — From heaven she darted to the watery plain, And called the sea-born nymphs, a lovely train... The curving billows to their breasts divide And give a yielding passage through the tide... Against the leader's prow, her lovely breast With more than mortal force the goddess presse
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