But let none press on to achievement that reacheth + 

Farther beyond that bound!⁠— + 

And in that house many a lover + 

Of the rearing of steeds was found. + 

And they joyed in the lore that the War-god teacheth. + 

But ere one day’s hours passed over, + 

The merciless sleet-laden tempest of war had bereft of hero-scions four + 

That hearth once happy; but now again + 

After the wintry gloom of the months of changeful vesture, the earth once more + 

Hath blossomed with roses of crimson grain + 