But thither winnowing the air,

Song-spirits seek his aching breast;

Forgetting now thy former pain,

Its burden early cast behind,--

What thou in huts hast sought in vain,

Within the palace wilt thou find.

Awaiteth thee a high renown,

The troubled course is ending now;

The myrtle-wreath becomes a crown,

Hands truest place it on thy brow.