In which of the old-time glories that made thy land renowned + 

Hath thy spirit, O happy Thebe, delighted most of all? + 

When thou sawest the birth of the God of the tresses that toss unbound, + 

Dionysus, enthroned by Demeter to whom clashed cymbals call? + 

Or when thou didst welcome the chief of the Gods at the midnight hour, + 

What time he descended to earth in a golden-snowing shower, + 