FOR these are sacred fishes all

Who know that lord that is the lord of all;

Come to the brim and nose the friendly hand

That sways and can beshadow all the land.

Nor only so, but have their names, and come

When they are summoned by the Lord of Rome.

Here once his line an impious Lybian threw;

And as with tremulous reed his prey he drew,

Straight, the light fai............