Gyges.

Not on the ring—not yet.

My notion was a god had wrought a wonder

To save me, and upon my knees I flung me

And thus to the Invisible One I spoke:—

“I know not who thou art, and if from me

Thy face thou hid’st, I cannot slay for thee

The beast that is thy consecrated due;

But for a sign that I have thanks at heart

And lack not courage, I will bring to thee