What he can give thee, what thy prospects are,

What settlements thou art prepared to make,

If thou wouldst lead Œnone to the altar,

This would I know; excuse an anxious sire!”

Then Paris murmured:—

“Honourable but vague,

Remote, but honourable, my purpose is:“

And that great River-god arose in flood,

Monstrous, and murmuring, and to the main.

He swept the works of men and oxen down,