We burst there as the worm into the fly,

Who, while a worm still, wants his wings. But no!

Zeus has not yet revealed it; and alas,

He must have done so, were it possible!

Live long and happy, and in that thought die:

Glad for what was! Farewell. And for the rest,

I cannot tell thy messenger aright

Where to deliver what he bears of thine

To one called Paulus; we have heard his fame

Indeed, if Christus be not one with him—