From out my palace, to my son's sire bringing

Libations loving, gifts propitiatory,

Meet for the dead; milk pure and white from cow

Unblemished, and bright honey that distils

From the flower-working bee, and water drawn

From virgin fountain, and the draught unmarred

From mother wild, bright child of ancient vine;

And here too of the tree that evermore

Keeps its fresh life in foliage, the pale olive,

Is the sweet-smelling fruit, and twinèd wreaths