Polyphemus pen stand

A Polyphemus pen stand “Now I pushed the pole into the heart of the fire 'til it grew hot, and glowed and sparkled terribly; and then--God gave us courage--I with my comrades pulled it out of the fire and thrust it into his eye! While they pressed it down, I stood above and turned it hard, like a ship's carpenter drilling into a plank. His eyelid and his brow were seared by the fierce heat, his eyeball burned away; the nerves swelled up and burst. He roared a hideous roar that boomed all round the cave and wrenched the pole, smeared with blood, out of his eye.”