Chooses offerings thence for her to wear,

Never loses the tree glory; instead

Of branch plucked a second straightway is bred,

Thou, high and low, explore; and, if Thou find,

Lay hold on it; should Fate have Thee designed,

It will yield with ease, even joy; if not,

Nor strength, nor steel could tear it from the spot.

And ’tis not all; another duty still

Rests on thee, and a sadder, to fulfil.

While thou would’st learn the future in my cave,