... hand thou deemest, and wouldst fondly enter in by yonder neighboring bays) lies distant far o'er trackless course and long, with interval of far-extended lands. Thine oars must ply the waves of Sicily ; thy fleet must cleave the large expanse of that Ausonian brine; the waters of Avernus thou shalt see, and that enchanted island where abides Aeaean Circe, ere on tranquil shore thou mayest plan...