And warn him of the coming of the Day!

Alectryôn, wake! In vain: Eôs swept by,

Radiant, a blushing finger on her lips.

In vain! Close on her flight, from furthest East,

The peering Hêlios drove his lambent car,

Casting the tell-tale beams on earth and sky,

Until Olympos laughed within his light,

And all the House of Fire grew roofed with gold;

And through its brazen windows Hêlios gazed

Upon the sleeping lovers: thence away