And fixeth fast the law,
That pain is gain;
And slowly dropping on the heart in sleep
Comes woe-recording care,
And makes the unwilling yield to wiser thoughts:
And doubtless this too comes from grace of Gods,
[*]Seated in might upon their awful thrones.
Antistrophe II
And then of those Achæan ships the chief,[[284]]
The elder, blaming not