A man like to a god, of warrior mien,

A beauteous form of figure swift and strong;

Down on his shoulders his light hair hung long

And his full armour was enchast with gold:

While some, who with their eyes might nought behold,

Say that with music strange the air was stir’d;

And some there are, who have both seen and heard:

And if a man wish to be favour’d more,

He need but spend one night upon the shore;

To him in sleep Achilles will appear