That Psyche should be wed, and to what man,
The tripod shook, and o’er the vaporous well
The chanting Pythoness gave oracle,
And thus in priestly verse the sentence ran:
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High on the topmost rock with funeral feast
Convey and leave the maid, nor look to find
A mortal husband, but a savage beast,
The viperous scourge of gods and humankind;
Who shames and vexes all, and as he flies