ORION.
Canto the Second.
Midst ponderous substance had Orion's life
Dawned, and his acts were massive as his form.
Those his companions of the forest owned
Like corporal forces, but their several minds
And aims were not as his. The Worker he,
The builder-up of things, and of himself:
His wood-friends were Rhexergon, of descent
Royal, heroic—breaker-down of things—
A coaster, skilled in fishing and in ships;—
Autarces, arch-backed like the forest boar,
Short-haired, harsh-voiced, of fierce and wayward will;—
Harpax, with large loose mouth, and restless hand,
Son of the God of Folly by a maid
Dawned, and his acts were massive as his form.
Those his companions of the forest owned
Like corporal forces, but their several minds
And aims were not as his. The Worker he,
The builder-up of things, and of himself:
His wood-friends were Rhexergon, of descent
Royal, heroic—breaker-down of things—
A coaster, skilled in fishing and in ships;—
Autarces, arch-backed like the forest boar,
Short-haired, harsh-voiced, of fierce and wayward will;—
Harpax, with large loose mouth, and restless hand,
Son of the God of Folly by a maid
