Withstood their will,—and thus to them spake he.
"Your messengers have lied—they have made merry
In their own homes, they have not sought Apollo;
The god in Branchĭdæ had never counselled
That we should yield our suppliant to the foe.
"Wait. I, myself, with others of your choosing,
Will seek the god, and bring you back his answer,
I would not yield the man who trusted Cymé—
What—is the god of baser stuff than I?"
So, by the bright bay, under the blue heavens,