XXXIII
I have ask'd much from the high Gods:
That they descend and show my sight
Their goodly splendor and their might;
This ask'd I from the lofty Gods.
That they descend and show my sight
Their goodly splendor and their might;
This ask'd I from the lofty Gods.
Again I ask'd from the high Gods
That they arise and teach my tongue
The mighty numbers they have sung.
This ask'd I from the potent Gods.
That they arise and teach my tongue
The mighty numbers they have sung.
This ask'd I from the potent Gods.
And from immortal vaults I heard
The laughter of a giant power
As sounds the sea in stormy hour,—
Such noise from the great vaults I heard.
The laughter of a giant power
As sounds the sea in stormy hour,—
Such noise from the great vaults I heard.
To hark or break an earnest prayer,
O ye fair Gods, is yours to say;
A suppliant cries to you alway
To harken to an earnest prayer.
O ye fair Gods, is yours to say;
A suppliant cries to you alway
To harken to an earnest prayer.
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