... as these are -- Envy stand off! -- for many those old evils We underwent. And now, to me -- dear headship! -- Dismount thou from this car, not earthward setting The foot of thine, O king, that's Ilion 's spoiler! Slave-maids, why tarry? -- whose the task allotted To strew the soil o' the road with carpet-spreadings. Immediately be purple-strewn the pathway, So that to home unhoped may lead him ...