It might the fancy of some god rejoice;

Like to those halls which lame Hephæstos wrought,

Original, for each god to his choice,

In high Olympus; where his matchless lyre

Apollo wakes, and the responsive choir

Of Muses sing alternate with sweet voice.

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Wondering she drew anigh, and in a while

Went up the steps as she would entrance win,

And faced her shadow ’neath the peristyle