Fly with us, fly!’ Then Psyche, for her soul

Was soft and simple, lost her self-control,

And, thinking only of the horrid tale,

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‘Dear sisters,’ said she, and her sobbing speech

Was broken by her terror, ‘it is true

That much hath hapt to stablish what ye teach;

For ne’er hath it been granted me to view

My husband; and, for aught I know, he may

Be even that cruel dragon, which ye say