(Not o'er-conspicuous in the dim green wood)

That left the farm and threaded through the vines,

Out-spake unto the child of Zeus most high,

Who followed in his steps, Augéas' son,

O'er his right shoulder glancing pleasantly.

"O stranger, as some old familiar tale

I seem to cast thy history in my mind.

For there came one to Argos, young and tall,

By birth a Greek from Helicè-on-seas,

Who told this tale before a multitude: