the odyssbt: 243

, bear thee with them o'er the Deep,
bee at this Hero's house, who paid
for thee no sordid price or small ? 470

m the master swineherd in reply,
since thou art curious to be told
silent listen, and thy wine
quaff. The nights are longest now,
as time for sleep afford, and time 475

int conference ; neither were it good
should' st to thy couch before thy hour,
i sleep is hurtful, in excess,
lere is weary, and desires

>se, let him depart to rest, 480

3 peep of day, when he hath fed
y, drive forth my master's herd ;
th wine and a well-furnish' d board
will solace mutually derive

llection of our sufferings past ; 485

lath much endured, and wander' d far,
recital even of sorrow sweet,
thy question satisfied ; attend !
n island (thou hast heard, perchance,
n isle,) named Syria 4 ; it is placed 490

ygia, and a dial owns
e tropic changes of the year. 5
jxtent she boasts, yet is she rich
nd in flocks, in wneat and wine.
} knows that people, or disease 495

>f all that elsewhere seize the race
ble man ; but when old age
the citizens, Apollo, arm'd
r bow and bright Diana come,
ltle shafts dismiss them soon to rest. 500

share between them all the isle,

robably the isthmus of Syracuse, an island, perhaps, or penin-
period, or at least imagined to be such by Homer. The birth
ve fame to Ortygia. F.
