That did so sweetly pour

Her father’s praise, whom Heaven had richly crowned

With bounty brimming o’er.

ANTISTROPHE V.

The rest I know not, nor will vainly pry;

But Calchas was a seer not wont to lie.

Justice doth wait to teach

Wisdom by suffering. Fate will have its way.

The quickest ear is pricked in vain to-day,

To catch to-morrow’s note. What boots