And after you let the shrill flute resound;

For that is but the handmaid

Of revels, where men combat at the doors,

And fight with heavy fists.[65]

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And is the leader fierce of bloody quarrel.

Descend, O Bacchus, on the son of Phrynæus,

The leader of the changing choir,—

Chattering, untimely, leading on

The rhythm of the changing song.