Happier those who all this shun!

And Orpheus, sweet troubadour,

Who piped his flute among the dead,

Risked mortal peril on its spoor

From Cerberus of the triple head;

And beautiful Narcissus fled,

Because of love too lightly won,

To seek his peace in a watery bed.

Happier those who all this shun!

Sardana, once a valiant knight,