And caught my knees, and winged words anew

She uttered: “Who and whence of men are you?

Where is the city of your ancestry?

I marvel greatly how this cup I brew

“You drink, and yet its sorcery have withstood:

For unbewitched has none of mortal brood

Drunk of it yet or let it pass his lips;

But your breast holds against bewitchment good.

“Wandering Odysseus truly you must be,

Who in his swift black ship across the sea