. The heroes; or, Greek fairy tales for my children. in and outamong the roots, with a body like a mountain coils stretched many a fathom, spangled withbronze and gold; and half of him they could see,but no more, for the rest lay in the darkness farbeyond. And when he saw them coming he lifted up hishead, and watched them with his small bright eyes,and flashed his forked tongue, and roared like thefire among the woodlands, till the forest tossed andgroaned. For his cries shook the trees from leaf toroot, and swept over the long reaches of the river,and over Aietes hall, and woke the s
. The heroes; or, Greek fairy tales for my children. in and outamong the roots, with a body like a mountain coils stretched many a fathom, spangled withbronze and gold; and half of him they could see,but no more, for the rest lay in the darkness farbeyond. And when he saw them coming he lifted up hishead, and watched them with his small bright eyes,and flashed his forked tongue, and roared like thefire among the woodlands, till the forest tossed andgroaned. For his cries shook the trees from leaf toroot, and swept over the long reaches of the river,and over Aietes hall, and woke the sleepers in thecity, till mothers clasped their children in their Medeia called gently to him, and he stretchedout his long spotted neck, and licked her hand, andlooked up in her face, as if to ask for food. Thenshe made a sign to Orpheus, and he began hismagic And as he sung, the forest grew calm again, and 124 THE HEROES stoky ii the leaves on every tree hung still; and the serpentshead sank down, and his brazen coils grew limp,. and his glittering eyes closed lazily, till he breathedas gently as a child, while Orpheus called to pleasant IAKT IV THE ARGONAUTS 125 Slumber, who gives peace to men, and beasts, andwaves. Then Jason leapt forward warily, and stept acrossthat mighty snake, and tore the fleece from off thetree-trunk ; and the four rushed down the garden,to the bank where the Argo lay. There was a silence for a moment, while Jasonheld the golden fleece on high. Then he cried, Go now, good Argo, swift and steady, if ever youwould see Pelion more. And she went, as the heroes drove her, grim andsilent all, with muffled oars, till the pine-wood bentlike willow in their hands, and stout Argo groanedbeneath their strokes. On and on, beneath the dewy darkness, they fledswiftly down the swirling stream; underneath blackwalls, and temples, and the castles of the princes ofthe East; past sluice-mouths, and fragrant gardens,and groves of all strange fruits; past
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