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Rhodope�察�And tall Pangaea�察�and�察�beloved of Mars�察�The land that bowed to
Rhesus�察�Thrace no less With Hebrus' stream�察�and Orithyia wept�察�Daughter
of Acte old。 But Orpheus' self�察 �Soothing his love´pain with the hollow
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shell�察�Thee his sweet wife on the lone shore alone�察�Thee when day dawned
and when it died he sang。 Nay to the jaws of Taenarus too he came�察�Of Dis
the infernal palace�察�and the grove Grim with a horror of great darkness´
came�察 �Entered�察 �and faced the Manes and the King Of terrors�察 �the stone
heart no prayer can tame。 Then from the deepest deeps of Erebus�察�Wrung
by his minstrelsy�察�the hollow shades Came trooping�察�ghostly semblances
of forms Lost to the light�察�as birds by myriads hie To greenwood boughs
for cover�察 �when twilight´hour Or storms of winter chase them from the
hills�察�Matrons and men�察�and great heroic frames Done with life's service�察�
boys�察 �unwedded girls�察 �Youths placed on pyre before their fathers' eyes。
Round them�察�with black slime choked and hideous weed�察�Cocytus winds�察�
there lies the unlovely swamp Of dull dead water�察�and�察�to pen them fast�察�
Styx with her ninefold barrier poured between。 Nay�察 �even the deep
Tartarean Halls of death Stood lost in wonderment�察 �and the Eumenides�察�
Their brows with livid locks of serpents twined�察�Even Cerberus held his
triple jaws agape�察�And�察 �the wind hushed�察 �Ixion's wheel stood still。 And
now with homeward footstep he had passed All perils scathless�察 �and�察 �at
length restored�察 �Eurydice to realms of upper air Had well´nigh won�察�
behind him following´ So Proserpine had ruled it´ when his heart A sudden
mad desire surprised and seized´ Meet fault to be forgiven�察 �might Hell
forgive。 For at the very threshold of the day�察 �Heedless�察 �alas� �and
vanquished of resolve�察�He stopped�察�turned�察�looked upon Eurydice His own
once more。 But even with the look�察�Poured out was all his labour�察�broken
the bond Of that fell tyrant�察 �and a crash was heard Three times like
thunder in the meres of hell。 'Orpheus� �what ruin hath thy frenzy wrought
On me�察�alas� �and thee�拭�Lo� �once again The unpitying fates recall me�察�and
dark sleep Closes my swimming eyes。 And now farewell�此 �Girt with
enormous night I am borne away�察�Outstretching toward thee�察�thine�察�alas� �
no more�察 �These helpless hands。' She spake�察 �and suddenly�察 �Like smoke
dissolving into empty air�察�Passed and was sundered from his sight�察�nor him
Clutching vain shadows�察�yearning sore to speak�察�Thenceforth beheld she�察�
nor no second time Hell's boatman brooks he pass the watery bar。 What
should he do�拭 �fly whither�察 �twice bereaved�拭 �Move with what tears the
Manes�察�with what voice The Powers of darkness�拭�She indeed even now
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Death´cold was floating on the Stygian barge� �For seven whole months
unceasingly�察�men say�察�Beneath a skyey crag�察�by thy lone wave�察�Strymon�察�
he wept�察�and in the caverns chill Unrolled his story�察�melting tigers' hearts�察�
And leading with his lay the oaks along。 As in the poplar´shade a
nightingale Mourns her lost young�察�which some relentless swain�察�Spying�察�
from the nest has torn unfledged�察�but she Wails the long night�察�and perched
upon a spray With sad insistence pipes her dolorous strain�察 �Till all the
region with her wrongs o'erflows。 No love�察�no new desire�察�constrained his
soul�此 �By snow´bound Tanais and the icy north�察 �Far steppes to frost
Rhipaean forever wed�察�Alone he wandered�察�lost Eurydice Lamenting�察�and
the gifts of Dis ungiven。 Scorned by which tribute the Ciconian dames�察�
Amid their awful Bacchanalian rites And midnight revellings�察 �tore him
limb from limb�察�And strewed his fragments over the wide fields。 Then too�察�
even then�察 �what time the Hebrus stream�察 �Oeagrian Hebrus�察 �down mid´
current rolled�察 �Rent from the marble neck�察 �his drifting head�察�The death´
chilled tongue found yet a voice to cry 'Eurydice� �ah� �poor Eurydice��' With
parting breath he called her�察�and the banks From the broad stream caught
up 'Eurydice��'; So Proteus ending plunged into the deep�察�And�察�where he
plunged�察�beneath the eddying whirl Churned into foam the water�察�and was
gone�察 �But not Cyrene�察 �who unquestioned thus Bespake the trembling
listener�此 �Nay�察 �my son�察 �From that sad bosom thou mayst banish care�此�
Hence came that plague of sickness�察�hence the nymphs�察�With whom in the
tall woods the dance she wove�察 �Wrought on thy bees�察 �alas� �this deadly
bane。 Bend thou before the Dell´nymphs�察 �gracious powers�此 �Bring gifts�察�
and sue for pardon�此�they will grant Peace to thine asking�察�and an end of
wrath。 But how to approach them will I first unfold´ Four chosen bulls of
peerless form and bulk�察 �That browse to´day the green Lycaean heights�察�
Pick from thy herds�察 �as many kine to match�察 �Whose necks the yoke
pressed never�此�then for these Build up four altars by the lofty fanes�察�And
from their throats let gush the victims' blood�察�And in the greenwood leave
their bodies lone。 Then�察�when the ninth dawn hath displayed its beams�察�To
Orpheus shalt thou send his funeral dues�察�Poppies of Lethe�察�and let slay a
sheep Coal´black�察�then seek the grove again�察�and soon For pardon found
adore Eurydice With a slain calf for victim。;
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No delay�此�The self´same hour he hies him forth to do His mother's bidding�此�
to the shrine he came�察�The appointed altars reared�察 �and thither led Four
chosen bulls of peerless form and bulk�察 �With kine to match�察 �that never
yoke had known�察 �Then�察 �when the ninth dawn had led in the day�察 �To
Orpheus sent his funeral dues�察 �and sought The grove once more。 But
sudden�察 �strange to tell A portent they espy�此 �through the oxen's flesh�察�
Waxed soft in dissolution�察�hark� �there hum Bees from the belly�察�the rent
ribs overboil In endless clouds they spread them�察�till at last On yon tree´
top together fused they cling�察 �And drop their cluster from the bending
boughs。 So sang I of the tilth of furrowed fields�察�Of flocks and trees�察�
while Caesar's majesty Launched forth the levin´bolts of war by deep
Euphrates�察�and bare rule o'er willing folk Though vanquished�察�and essayed
the heights of heaven。 I Virgil then�察 �of sweet Parthenope The nursling�察�
wooed the flowery walks of peace Inglorious�察 �who erst trilled for
shepherd´wights The wanton ditty�察�and sang in saucy youth Thee�察�Tityrus�察�
'neath the spreading beech tree's shade。
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