Seeing this altar is no more to Zeus, 1413
But shall for ever be with smouldering heat
Fed for the god who first set fire thereon,
Change ye your hymns, which in the praise of Zeus
Ye came to sing, and change the prayer for fire
Which ye were wont to raise, to high thanksgiving,
Praising aloud the giver and his gift.
Part of Chorus. Now our happy feast hath ending,
While the sun in heaven descending
Sees us gathered round a light