The return of Alcestis

by Laurence Housman

Happy is he, and immortal,

Whose quiver is filled with their breath:

He, unashaméd of face,

Stands to the foeman defiant,

Comes undismayed to the portal

Dark with the shadow of death.

(Enter Admetus, attended.)

Chorus.—

Therefore with crownéd brows,

Thou comest rejoicing, O King;