White, violet, saffron, like another dawn.

...

Before them, through the temple’s fragrant gloom,

The Muses, in their dim half-circle, towered;

And, in the midst, over the smouldering myrrh,

The form of Hestia.

In her mighty shadow,

Pythagoras, with a scroll in his right hand,

Arose and spoke.

“Our work is well-nigh done.