This glade where three, left thoughtful, were as figures
Molded of shadow. Dora was gone with Bruce,
Gasping and crying “Wait!”
But the three tall ones
Listened to nothing human. Hermes came.
IV
Hermes came, and hailing his three peers,
Spoke Aphrodite’s name; whose beautiful laughter
Answered as she glistened in their midst—
No woman now, but goddess. So Hephaestus