Then, as a |pine upon |Ida when |southwest |winds blow |landward,
Stately she |bent to the |damsel, and |breathed on her: |under her |breathing
Taller and |fairer she |grew; and the |goddess |spoke in her |wisdom.

‘Courage I |give thee; the |heart of a |queen, and the |mind of I|mmortals,
Godlike to |talk with the |gods, and to |look on their |eyes un|shrinking;
Fearing the |sun and the |stars no |more, and the |blue salt |water;
Fearing us |only, the |lords of O|lympus, |friends of the |heroes;
Chastely and |wisely to |govern thy|self and thy |house and thy |people,
Bearing a |godlike |race to thy |spouse, till |dying I |set thee
High for a |star in the |heavens, a |sign and a |hope to the |seamen,
Spreading thy |long white |arms all |night in the |heights of the |tether,
Hard by thy |sire and the |hero thy |spouse, while |near thee thy |mother
Sits in her |ivory |chair, as she |plaits am|brosial |tresses.

All night |long thou wilt |shine; all |day thou wilt |feast on O|lympus,
Happy, the |guest of the |gods, by thy |husband, the |god be|gotten.’

Blissful, they |turned them to |go: but the |fair-tressed |Pallas A|thené
Rose, like a |pillar of |tall white |cloud, toward |silver O|lympus;
Far above |ocean and |shore, and the |peaks of the |isles and the |mainland;
Where no |frost nor |storm is, in |clear blue |windless a|bysses,
High in the |home of the |summer, the |seats of the |happy I|mmortals,
Shrouded in |keen deep |blaze, una|pproachable; |there ever |youthful
Hebé, |Harmon|ié, and the |daughter of |Jove, Aphro|dité,
Whirled in the |white-linked |dance with the |gold-crowned |Hours and the |Graces,
Hand within |hand, while |clear piped |Phœbe, |queen of the |woodlands.

All day |long they re|joiced: but A|thené |still in her |chamber
Bent herself |over her |loom, as the |stars rang |loud to her |singing,
Chanting of |order and |right, and of |foresight, |warden of |nations;
Chanting of |labour and |craft, and of |wealth in the |port and the |garner;
Chanting of |valour and |fame, and the |man who can |fall with the |foremost,
Fighting for |children and |wife, and the |field which his |father be|queathed him.

Sweetly and |solemnly |sang she, and |planned new |lessons for |mortals:
Happy, who |hearing o|bey her, the |wise un|sullied A|thené.