Be my good guide. I will do all thou biddest.

Ch. Propitiate these holy powers, whose grove

Received thee when first treading this their ground.

Oed. What are the appointed forms? Advise me, sirs.

Ch. First see to it that from some perennial fount

Clean hands provide a pure drink-offering.

Oed. And when I have gotten this unpolluted draught?

Ch. You will find bowls, formed by a skilful hand,

Whose brims and handles you must duly wreathe.

Oed. With leaves or flocks of wool, or in what way?