The Ornithes Stymphalides were birds of a fierce and man-eating breed
Who
used as arrows their metallic feathers, which were sharp indeed
The
sixth Labor of Heracles was to drive these birds out of Arcadia
But
because of their deadly metal arrowed feathers could not get near
But
to scare the birds of lake Stymphalus he used a rattle that was brazen
Once
in the air he brought them down in a hail of his arrows by the dozen
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