APOLLO IN PHERAE

Asklepios! dead son! Asklepios!

I was a God. I am a God. I tend

Admetos' flocks upon the meek green earth,

And sun-fires course in all the veins of me.

I watch mild sheep a-browse in tame, sweet pastures

Or dipping in quiet waters. Yesterday

I blazed the heavenly arc from east to west;

Men saw me pinnacled on the crest of noon

Crown'd with celestial flame ...