Thyself wilt bless me: for, come when they will,

Even by night our loves are sweet to see.

But were the tongue and tune of Orpheus mine,

So that to Koré crying, or her lord,

In hymns, from Hades I might rescue thee—

Down would I go, and neither Plouton's dog

Nor Charon, he whose oar sends souls across,

Should stay me till again I made thee stand

Living, within the light! But, failing this,

There, where thou art, await me when I die,