How such-an-one was thief, and miser such,

And how,—immunity from chastisement

Once promised to bold singers of the same

By daylight on the drunkard's holiday,—

The clever fellow of the joyous troop

Tried acting what before he sang about,

Acted and stole, or hoarded, acting too:

While his companions ranged a-row, closed up

For Choros,—bade the general rabblement

Sit, see, hear, laugh,—not join the dance themselves.