The God. Be gracious, O King manifested!—be gracious thou!’
So did he counsel: an altar with speed ’gan these uppile
Of shingle, and those through the island wandered, seeking the while
If they haply might light on a fawn, or the wild goat’s restless brood
That in multitudes seek their pasturage far in the depths of the wood.
And Lêto’s son unto these gave booty; and carving out
The thighs, on the altar they laid them with fat-folds wrapped about:
And they burnt them, hailing Apollo the Lord of the Fair Dayspring. {700}
And around the blaze they stood in a wide encompassing ring:
‘All hail, fair Healer Apollo! Hail, thou Healer of Bane!’