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 The issues of thy way.

From this rock first

Set thou thy face toward the East, and tread

Fields no man ever plough'd, until thou reach

The roving Scythians, them that have their homes

Woven, uplift from earth, on running wheels,

Men that bear bows and find far quarry: these

Approach not near, but ever keep thy steps

Hard by the reefs that break the thundering sea,

And so pass that land through. On the left hand

Habit the iron-workers, Chalybes,

Of whom beware, for they are barbarous,

And give their guests ill greeting. And thou shalt come

To a river Violent, named not amiss,

Which pass not over,—hard it is to pass,—

Till to the Mount itself of Caucasus

Thou 'rt come, the hill highest on earth, whereon

The river spuming vents to the air his might

Even from the mountain's forehead. There ascend

Those brows that jut against the stars, and follow