Though she bare ’neath her zone a God’s pure seed, + 

Yet the marriage-feast’s coming she would not abide; + 

Not she of the full-voiced song took heed, + 

Such song as the young girl-mates of the bride + 

Merrily chant in the eventide. + 

But she longed for a love that was otherwhere + 

With the passion that oft is the soul’s death-snare. + 

For a people foolish beyond compare + 

Is found among mortals, who scorn things near, + 

And gaze upon things that be far away, + 

And chase an ever-elusive prey + 

With hopes whose fulfilment shall never appear. + 