The daughter of Phlegyas, lord of the car, + 

Not yet with help of the Travail-queen + 

Had borne that Healer renowned afar, + 

Ere by Artemis’ golden arrows keen + 

In her bride-bower stricken to death she lay, + 

And trod the unreturning way + 

Unto Hades’ halls; for Apollo had seen + 

The transgression that slew his love in a day. + 

For the wrath of the Sons of Zeus not in vain + 

Burns. In her folly she dared think scorn + 

Of his anger: unknown to her sire had she ta’en + 

To her arms a human lover, forsworn + 

To her bridal troth, to her plighted word, + 

To the love of Apollo the Archer-lord + 

Of the hair unshorn, + 