She had wings, but generally went on foot, which signifies that the punishment of crime, although sure, is generally slow. […] Overcome with terror, the guilty men confessed their crime, and suffered the punishment they had so well deserved. […] It is not known by what crime the unfortunate poet merited so severe a punishment. […] The dying poet heard, and looking upwards, prayed the birds to discover and avenge the crime which they alone had seen. […] The wretched murderers, thus betrayed by their own guilty fears, confessed the crime, and suffered the punishment they had deserved.