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BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE.
And then Apollon prophesied,—I think,More to himself than to impatient Death,Who did not hear or would not heed the while,—For he went on to say "Yet even so,Cruel above the measure, thou shalt clutchNo life here! Such a man do I perceiveAdvancing to the house of Pheres now,Sent by Eurustheus to bring out of Thrace,The winter world, a chariot with its steeds!He indeed, when Admetos proves the host,And he the guest, at the house here,—he it isShall bring to bear such force, and from thy handsRescue this woman! Grace no whit to meWill that prove, since thou dost thy deed the same,And earnest too my hate, and all for nought!"
But how should Death or stay or understand?Doubtless, he only felt the hour was come,
