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Ere she have erred, if ye will heed my words.
This man, against whose house ye thrust me on,
Nor on the earth is fameless, nor in heaven. 850
The pathless land, the wild sea, hath he tamed,
And the Gods' honours hath alone restored,
When these by impious men were overthrown.
Therefore I plead, devise no monstrous wrong.

Dare not with thine admonitions trammel Hera's schemes and mine! 855

Nay, I do but point a pathway meeter far to tread than thine.

Not to flaunt thy temperance hath she sent thee, Zeus's bride divine.

Witness, Sun, that I am doing that which I would fain refuse:
Yet, if I must work thy will and Hera's—if I may not choose,
But with skirr of rushing footfalls follow you like huntsman's pack, 860
On will I; nor sea nor moaning surges hurl such ruin-wrack,
No, nor earthquake, no, nor madding thunder's gasping agonies,
As the fury of mine onrush to the breast of Herakles.
I will rive his roofs, will swoop adown his halls:—his children first