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 Daring the ocean's mighty roar, until Thou come unto Cisthenes' Gorgon plains, Where dwell the Phorcides, three ancient maids, Swan-form'd, possessive of one common eye, And single-tooth'd; on whom doth never gaze The rayed sun, nor yet the nightly moon. And near them are their winged sisters three, The Gorgons, serpent-hair'd and man-abhorr'd,20 Whom mortal cannot look upon and live; I warn thee against such: but hearken now Unto another dreary spectacle. Beware of Jove's sharp-mouth'd, unbarking dogs,21 The griffins; and the Arimaspian host, One-eyed, horse-governing, who dwell beside The gold-imbubbling wave of Pluto's stream: To whom approach not. To a distant clime Thou com'st, a dusky race, that sojourns near The fountain of the Sun, where Niger flows. Wind thou along her shores, until thou reach