Tameless, slant in the wind, the bare and beautiful iris,

Stop short, full of delight, and shout forth: “See, it is Cnopus

Runs, with white throat forward, over the sands to Chalcis!”

VIII

Ere the Ferryman from the coast of spirits

Turn the diligent oar that brought thee thither,

Soul, remember: and leave a kiss upon it

For thy desolate father, for thy sister,

Whichsoever be first to cross hereafter.

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