Who makes the Bear, Orion and the Pleiades,
And the chambers of the south;

“That with an iron stylus and lead
They were engraved in the rock forever!

“He may flee from the iron weapon,
But the bronze bow will pierce him.

“Iron is taken from the dust,
And copper is smelted from rock.

“Can you bind the chains of the Pleiades,
Or loose the cords of Orion?

“His bones are tubes of bronze;
His limbs are like bars of iron.

“He regards iron as straw,
Bronze as rotten wood.