XXII.

"Hear me, Phoebus!"—And therewith descended

Through the window-arch a glory-gleam,

All effulgent—and with music blended,

For such solemn sounds arose as stream

From the Memnon-lyre,

When the morning fire

Gilds the giant's forehead with its beam.

XXIII.

"Thou hast heard thy servant's prayer, Apollo;