Weaving with the grape-breathed wind,

Restless swallows called and flew.

Dropped the rose-flushed doves and hung

On the fountains' murmuring brims;

To the bronzed vine Hermos clung—

Silver-like his naked limbs

Flashed and flushed: rich coppered leaves,

Whitened by his ruddy hair;

Pallid as the marble eaves,

Awed he met the Helot's stare.