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the mountain of the  hundred springs。  And he led him to the holy oak; where the  black dove settled in old times; and was changed into the  priestess of Zeus; and gave oracles to all nations round。   And he bade him cut down a bough; and sacrifice to Hera and  to Zeus; and they took the bough and came to Iolcos; and  nailed it to the beak…head of the ship。

And at last the ship was finished; and they tried to launch  her down the beach; but she was too heavy for them to move  her; and her keel sank deep into the sand。  Then all the  heroes looked at each other blushing; but Jason spoke; and  said; 'Let us ask the magic bough; perhaps it can help us in  our need。'

Then a voice came from the bough; and Jason heard the words  it said; and bade Orpheus play upon the harp; while the  heroes waited round; holding the pine…trunk rollers; to help  her toward the sea。

Then Orpheus took his harp; and began his magic song … 'How  sweet it is to ride upon the surges; and to leap from wave to  wave; while the wind sings cheerful in the cordage; and the  oars flash fast among the foam!  How sweet it is to roam  across the ocean; and see new towns and wondrous lands; and  to come home laden with treasure; and to win undying fame!'

And the good ship ARGO heard him; and longed to be away and  out at sea; till she stirred in every timber; and heaved from  stem to stern; and leapt up from the sand upon the rollers;  and plunged onward like a gallant horse; and the heroes fed  her path with pine…trunks; till she rushed into the  whispering sea。

Then they stored her well with food and water; and pulled the  ladder up on board; and settled themselves each man to his  oar; and kept time to Orpheus' harp; and away across the bay  they rowed southward; while the people lined the cliffs; and  the women wept; while the men shouted; at the starting of  that gallant crew。


PART IV … HOW THE ARGONAUTS SAILED TO COLCHIS


AND what happened next; my children; whether it be true or  not; stands written in ancient songs; which you shall read  for yourselves some day。  And grand old songs they are;  written in grand old rolling verse; and they call them the  Songs of Orpheus; or the Orphics; to this day。  And they tell  how the heroes came to Aphetai; across the bay; and waited  for the south…west wind; and chose themselves a captain from  their crew:  and how all called for Heracles; because he was  the strongest and most huge; but Heracles refused; and called  for Jason; because he was the wisest of them all。  So Jason  was chosen captain; and Orpheus heaped a pile of wood; and  slew a bull; and offered it to Hera; and called all the  heroes to stand round; each man's head crowned with olive;  and to strike their swords into the bull。  Then he filled a  golden goblet with the bull's blood; and with wheaten flour;  and honey; and wine; and the bitter salt…sea water; and bade  the heroes taste。  So each tasted the goblet; and passed it  round; and vowed an awful vow:  and they vowed before the  sun; and the night; and the blue…haired sea who shakes the  land; to stand by Jason faithfully in the adventure of the  golden fleece; and whosoever shrank back; or disobeyed; or  turned traitor to his vow; then justice should minister  against him; and the Erinnues who track guilty men。

Then Jason lighted the pile; and burnt the carcase of the  bull; and they went to their ship and sailed eastward; like  men who have a work to do; and the place from which they went  was called Aphetai; the sailing…place; from that day forth。   Three thousand years and more they sailed away; into the  unknown Eastern seas; and great nations have come and gone  since then; and many a storm has swept the earth; and many a  mighty armament; to which ARGO would be but one small boat;  English and French; Turkish and Russian; have sailed those  waters since; yet the fame of that small ARGO lives for ever;  and her name is become a proverb among men。

So they sailed past the Isle of Sciathos; with the Cape of  Sepius on their left; and turned to the northward toward  Pelion; up the long Magnesian shore。  On their right hand was  the open sea; and on their left old Pelion rose; while the  clouds crawled round his dark pine…forests; and his caps of  summer snow。  And their hearts yearned for the dear old  mountain; as they thought of pleasant days gone by; and of  the sports of their boyhood; and their hunting; and their  schooling in the cave beneath the cliff。  And at last Peleus  spoke; 'Let us land here; friends; and climb the dear old  hill once more。  We are going on a fearful journey; who knows  if we shall see Pelion again?  Let us go up to Cheiron our  master; and ask his blessing ere we start。  And I have a boy;  too; with him; whom he trains as he trained me once … the son  whom Thetis brought me; the silver…footed lady of the sea;  whom I caught in the cave; and tamed her; though she changed  her shape seven times。  For she changed; as I held her; into  water; and to vapour; and to burning flame; and to a rock;  and to a black…maned lion; and to a tall and stately tree。   But I held her and held her ever; till she took her own shape  again; and led her to my father's house; and won her for my  bride。  And all the rulers of Olympus came to our wedding;  and the heavens and the earth rejoiced together; when an  Immortal wedded mortal man。  And now let me see my son; for  it is not often I shall see him upon earth:  famous he will  be; but short…lived; and die in the flower of youth。'

So Tiphys the helmsman steered them to the shore under the  crags of Pelion; and they went up through the dark pine… forests towards the Centaur's cave。

And they came into the misty hall; beneath the snow…crowned  crag; and saw the great Centaur lying; with his huge limbs  spread upon the rock; and beside him stood Achilles; the  child whom no steel could wound; and played upon his harp  right sweetly; while Cheiron watched and smiled。

Then Cheiron leapt up and welcomed them; and kissed them  every one; and set a feast before them of swine's flesh; and  venison; and good wine; and young Achilles served them; and  carried the golden goblet round。  And after supper all the  heroes clapped their hands; and called on Orpheus to sing;  but he refused; and said; 'How can I; who am the younger;  sing before our ancient host?'  So they called on Cheiron to  sing; and Achilles brought him his harp; and he began a  wondrous song; a famous story of old time; of the fight  between the Centaurs and the Lapithai; which you may still  see carved in stone。 (1)  He sang how his brothers came to  ruin by their folly; when they were mad with wine; and how  they and the heroes fought; with fists; and teeth; and the  goblets from which they drank; and how they tore up the pine… trees in their fury; and hurled great crags of stone; while  the mountains thundered with the battle; and the land was  wasted far and wide; till the Lapithai drove them from their  home in the rich Thessalian plains to the lonely glens of  Pindus; leaving Cheiron all alone。  And the heroes praised  his song right heartily; for some of them had helped in that  great fight。

Then Orpheus took the lyre; and sang of Chaos; and the making  of the wondrous World; and how all things sprang from Love;  who could not live alone in the Abyss。  And as he sang; his  voice rose from the cave; above the crags; and through the  tree…tops; and the glens of oak and pine。  And the trees  bowed their heads when they heard it; and the gray rocks  cracked and rang; and the forest beasts crept near to listen;  and the birds forsook their nests and hovered round。  And old  Cheiron claps his hands together; and beat his hoofs upon the  ground; for wonder at that magic song。

Then Peleus kissed his boy; and wept over him; and they went  down to the ship; and Cheiron came down with them; weeping;  and kissed them one by one; and blest them; and promised to  them great renown。  And the heroes wept when they left him;  till their great hearts could weep no more; for he was kind  and just and pious; and wiser than all beasts and men。  Then  he went up to a cliff; and prayed for them; that they might  come home safe and well; while the heroes rowed away; and  watched him standing on his cliff above the sea; with his  great hands raised toward heaven; and his white locks waving  in the wind; and they strained their eyes to watch him to the  last; for they felt that they should look on him no more。

So they rowed on over the long swell of the sea; past  Olympus; the seat of the Immortals; and past the wooded bays  of Athos; and Samothrace the sacred isle; and they came past  Lemnos to the Hellespont; and through the narrow strait of  Abydos; and so on into the Propontis; which we call Marmora  now。  And there they met with Cyzicus; ruling in Asia over  the Dolions; who; the songs say; was the son of AEneas; of  whom you will hear many a tale some day。  For Homer tells us  how he fought at Troy; and Virgil how he sailed away and  founded Rome; and men believed until late years that from him  sprang our old British kings。  Now Cyzicus; the songs say;  welcomed the heroes; for his father had been one of Cheiron's  scholars; so he welcomed them; and feasted 
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