Laughed; and the green goddess answered Hermes:
“See? There still is mischief in one mind
Among us, there is insolence. The end?
She has not worked it yet. Beware of her
Who hates this thing we witness; it defeats
Her farmer, and she never will forgive.”
The laughing goddess listened with her eyes
Turned elsewhere—on Hephaestus, whom she taunted,
Teasing him with glances at his broken
Foot, and at the thickness of his wrists.