But you and I, Charopé!—you and I

Will trust his sight until our own grow clear.)

"Sun, and thou light of day, and heavenly dance

O' the fleet cloud—figure!" (so her passion paused,

While the awe-stricken husband made his moan,

Muttered now this now that ineptitude:

"Sun that sees thee and me, a suffering pair,

Who did the Gods no wrong whence thou shouldst die!")

Then, as if caught up, carried in their course,

Fleeting and free as cloud and sunbeam are,