Not for thy pleasure, but the general weal

Grant I the grace for which thou here dost kneel;

And that which I determine shall not wait.’

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So wingèd Hermes through the heaven he sped,

To warn the high celestials to his hall,

Where they should Psyche see with Eros wed,

And keep the day with feast ambrosial.

And Hermes, flying through the skiey ways

Of high Olympus, spread sweet Psyche’s praise,