[ ASPASIA.]

O, ye Athenians, drunken with self-praise,

What dreams I had of you, beside the sea,

In far Miletus! while the golden days

Slid into silver nights, so sweet to me;

For then I dreamed my day-dreams sweetly o'er,

Fancying the touch of Pallas on my brow—

Libations of both heart and wine did pour,

And offered up my being with my vow.