and on her fell a cloud of soul-consuming grief, and she had no more the heart to sit upon one of the many seats that were in the room, but down upon the threshold of her fair-wrought chamber she sank, moaning piteously,
τὴν δ' ἄχος ἀμφεχύθη θυμοφθόρον , οὐ δ' ἄρ' ἔτ' ἔτλη δίφρῳ ἐφέζεσθαι πολλῶν κατὰ οἶκον ἐόντων , ἀλλ' ἄρ' ἐπ' οὐδοῦ ἷζε πολυκμήτου θαλάμοιο οἴκτρ' ὀλοφυρομένη ·
ὁ δέ ἄχος ἀμφιχέω θυμοφθόρος , οὐ δέ ἄρα ἔτι τλάω δίφρος ἐφέζομαι πολύς κατά οἶκος εἰμί , ἀλλά ἄρα ἐπί οὐδός ἵζω πολύκμητος θάλαμος οἰκτρός ὀλοφύρομαι ·