"'Wide rule and happy days await thee there, And royal marriage shall thy portion be.
Weep not for lov'd Creusa, weep not; ne'er To Grecian women shall I bow the knee, Never in Argos see captivity, I, who my lineage from the Dardans tell, Allied to Venus.

Now, by Fate's decree, Here with the mother of the Gods I dwell.
Farewell, and guard in love our common child.

Farewell!' CVII.

"So spake she, and with weeping eyes I yearned To answer, wondering at the words she said, When lo, the shadowy spirit, as I turned, Dissolved in air, and in a moment fled.
Thrice round the neck with longing I essayed To clasp the phantom in a wild delight; Thrice, vainly clasped, the visionary shade Mocked me embracing, and was lost to sight, Swift as a winged wind or slumber of the night.
CVIII.

"Back to my friends I hasten.