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Friends all, save him who hunts me for his bride.

Know'st then thy part?—From session at the tomb— 315

To what speech or what counsel drawest thou?

Pass to the house: of her who knoweth all,
The daughter of the sea-born Nereid maid,
Theonoë, ask if yet thine husband live,
Or hath left light; and, being certified, 320
According to thy fortunes joy or mourn.
But, ere thou know aught truly, what avails
That thou shouldst grieve? Nay, hearken unto me:—
Leave thou this tomb, and with the maid commune,
Of whom shalt thou learn all. When thou hast here 325
One to resolve the doubt, what wouldst thou more?^[1]
I too with thee will pass into the house,
With thee inquire the maiden's oracles.
That woman woman's burden bear, is meet.