And the son of Peleus, the only son + 

Whom Thetis the deathless Goddess bore + 

In Phthia to him⁠—from that glorious one + 

The arrow in battle his sweet life tore; + 

And the Danaans’ wail rang loud, as they yearned + 

For their mightiest lost, on the pyre as he burned. + 

Now if any of mortals by wisdom’s lore + 

The way of truth in his soul hath discerned, + 

Well may he be happy, if God bestow + 

The fortune fair by the Blessèd given. + 

Yet ever the blasts veer to and fro + 

Of the winds that fly o’er the fields of heaven. + 

Not long doth the bliss of mortals endure, + 

Yea, though it have come in full measure, and pure + 

From sorrow’s leaven. + 