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BALAUSTION'S ADVENTURE.
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And when they questioned of Admetos, "Well—Holding his dear wife in his hands, he weeps;Entreats her not to give him up, and seeksThe impossible, in fine: for there she wastesAnd withers by disease, abandoned now,A mere dead weight upon her husband's arm.Yet, none the less, although she breathe so faint,Her will is to behold the beams o' the sun:Since never more again, but this last once,Shall she see sun, its circlet or its ray.But I will go, announce your presence,—friendsIndeed; since 't is not all so love their lordsAs seek them in misfortune, kind the same:But you are the old friends I recognize."
And at the word she turned again to go:The while they waited, taking up the plaintTo Zeus again: "What passage from this strait?
