Deid. Have we then dreamed, deluded by a shade

Fashioned of air or cloud, and as it seems

Made in thy likeness, or hath some god chosen

To dwell awhile with us in privity

And mutual share of all our petty deeds?

Say what thy dark words hint and who thou art.

Th. I Thetis am, daughter of that old god,

Whose wisdom buried in the deep hath made

The unfathomed water solemn, and I rule

The ocean-nymphs, who for their pastime play