Antistrophe I

Know that the son of one who loved thee well

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[*]Like colt of sire bereaved,

[*]Is to the chariot of great evils yoked,

[*]And set thy limit to his weary path.

[*]Ah, would that one might see

[*]His panting footsteps, as he treads his course,

[*]Keeping due measure through this plain of ours!

Strophe III