AnotherpartinSquadronsandgrossBands,[570]

    Onboldadveodiscoverwide

    Thatdismalworld,ifanyClimeperhaps

    Mightyieldthemeasierhabitation,bend

    FourwaysthirflyingMarch,alongtheBanks

    OffourinfernalRiversthatdisge[575]

    IntotheburningLakethirbalefulstreams;

    AbhorredStyxthefloodofdeadlyhate,

    SadAcheronofsorrow,bladdeep;

    Cocytus,namdoflamentationloud

    Heardontherufulstream;fiercePhlegeton[580]

    Whosewavesoftorrentfireinflamewithrage.

    Farrofffromtheseaslowandsilentstream,

    LethetheRiverofOblivionroules

    HerwatrieLabyrinth,whereofwhodrinks,

    Forthwithhisformerstateandbeingfets,[585]

    Fetsbothjoyandgrief,pleasureandpain.

    Beyondthisfloodafrozenti

    Liesdarkandwilde,beatwithperpetualstorms

    OfWhirlwindanddireHail,whifirmland

    Thawsnot,butgathersheap,andruinseems[590]

    Ofapile;allelsedeepsnowandice,

    AgulfprofoundasthatSerbonianBog

    BetwixtDamiataandMountCasiusold,

    WhereArmieswholehavesunk:thepargAir

    Burnsfrore,andcoldperformstheffectofFire.[595]

    Thitherbyharpy-footedFurieshaild,

    Atcertainrevolutionsallthedamnd

    Arebrought:aurerge

    Offierceextreams,extreamsbygemorefierce,

    FromBedsingFiretostarveinIce[600]

    ThirsoftEtherealwarmth,aopine

    Immovable,infixt,andfrozenround,

    Periodsoftime,thencehurriedbacktofire.

    TheyferryoverthisLetheanSound

    Bothtoandfro,thirsorrowtoaugme