Even though I have not, I shall seem to have —
A cold delight, indeed, but all the same
So should I lighten of its weight my soul !
And, wandering my way in dreams perchance, sos
Thyself wilt bless me : for, come when they will.
Even by night our loves are sweet to see.
But were the tongue and tune of Orpheus ^ mine,
So that to Kore ^ crying, or her lord.
In hymns, from Hades I might rescue thee — 510
Down would I go, and neither Plouton's dog
Nor Charon, he whose oar sends souls across,
Should stay me till again I made thee stand
Living, within the light I But, failing this.
There, where thou art, await me when I die, sis
Make ready our abode, my house-mate still !
For in the self-same cedar, me with thee
Will I provide that these our friends shall place,
My side lay close by thy side ! Never, corpse
Although I be, would I division bear s20
From thee, my faithful one of all the world ! "
. . . All she seemed to notice in his speech 54β
Was what concerned her children.
So, bending to her children all her love, 553
She fastened on their father s only word
To purpose now, and followed it with this :
" Ο children, now yoirrselves have heard these things —
Yonr father saying he will never wed
Another woman to be over you.
Nor yet dishonor me ! "
^ The greatest of mythical musicians, who rescued his wife Eury-
dice from Hades, but lost her before reaching the upper world.
2 Cora or the Maiden, applied to Persephone, goddess of the dead.
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