Would feed her eye; and choosing for her guide

A low-voiced singer, bade her come explore

The wondrous house; until on every side

As surfeited with beauty, and seeing nought

But what was rich and fair beyond her thought,

And all her own, thus to the voice she cried:

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‘Am I indeed a goddess, or is this

But to be dead; and through the gates of death

Passing unwittingly doth man not miss