CLXXVI.

Upon the blue Symplegades:[32.H.] long years-- Long, though not very many--since have done Their work on both; some suffering and some tears[qd] Have left us nearly where we had begun: Yet not in vain our mortal race hath run-- We have had our reward--and it is here,-- That we can yet feel gladdened by the Sun, And reap from Earth--Sea--joy almost as dear As if there were no Man to trouble what is clear.[542]