And thus he spouted forth his angry soul,

Bubbling a bitter stream of frothy slaughter,

And with the dark drops of the gory dew

Bedashed me; I delighted nothing less

Than doth the flowery calix, full surcharged

With fruity promise, when Jove’s welkin down

Distils the rainy blessing. Men of Argos,

Rejoice with me in this, or, if ye will not,

Then do I boast alone. If e’er ’twas meet

To pour libations to the dead, he hath them