“The Bridge,” by Albert Verwey (1865-1937). A. J. Barnouw, translator. In A Little Treasury of World Poetry: Translations from the Great Poets of Other Languages 2600 B.C. to 1950 A.D., op. cit., p. 788. Neptune rules sacrifice, murder, and horror; this poem illustrates all three perfectly.

They founded in the turbulent stream their bridge,

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