Aurora cried, nor gave a hang
Who heard her use such vulgar slang.
“Alas!” she cried, “is it decreed—
And it is even right and proper?
That I forever more should feed
A foolish, mulish old grasshopper?”
Tithonus hopped—for, you must know
That what a goddess says is so!
Tithonus, stricken but resigned,
Hopped out of sight and out of mind.