... [Ant. 5. The brows of the bride Shall be shed by the breath of what lover 810 And scattered aside? With a blast of the mouth of what bridegroom the crowns shall be cast from her hair, And her head by what altar made humble be left of them naked and bare? At a shrine unbeloved of a God unbeholden a gift shall be given for the land, [Str. 6. That its ramparts though shaken with clamour and horror of manifold waters may stand; That the crests of its citadels crowned and its turrets that thrust up their heads to the sun May behold him unblinded ... — Erechtheus - A Tragedy (New Edition) • Algernon Charles Swinburne