High in his hall the undaunted monarch stands,
And shakes his sceptre, and their rage commands:
Which did he not, their unresisted sway
Would sweep the world before them in their way;
Earth, air, and seas, through empty space would roll,
And heaven would fly before the driving soul.
In fear of this, the father of the gods
Confined their fury to those dark abodes,
And locked them safe within, oppressed with mountain loads;
Imposed a king with arbitrary sway,
To loose their fetters, or their force allay.
DRYDEN, _AEneid_, BOOK I.

To this great king Juno appealed, begging him to send forth his storms
against the ships of AEneas, and she promised to reward him by giving
him in marriage the fair De-i-o-pe'a, most beautiful of all the nymphs
or maids in her heavenly train of attendants. AEolus promptly replied
saying that he was ready to obey the queen of heaven. "'Tis for you,
O queen, to command and for me to execute your will."

Then AEolus struck the side of the cavern with his mighty scepter,
whereupon the rock flew open and the winds rushed furiously forth. In
an instant a terrific hurricane swept over land and sea. The lightning
flashed, the thunder pealed, and the waves rolled mountain high around
the Trojan fleet.

All in a moment sun and skies
Are blotted from the Trojans' eyes;
Black night is brooding o'er the deep,
Sharp thunder peals, live lightnings leap;