So down to earth came Iris from on high On saffron wings all glittering with the dew.
A thousand tints against the sunlit sky She flashed from out her rainbow as she flew, Then, hovering overhead, these words outthrew, "Behold, to Dis this offering I bear, And loose thee from thy body."-- Forth she drew The fatal shears, and clipped the golden hair; The vital heats disperse, and life dissolves in air..