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ANDROMEDA.
Wrapping her head in her mantle she stood, and the people were silent. Answered the dark-browed priests, 'No word, once spoken, returneth,Even if uttered unwitting. Shall gods excuse our rashness? 50That which is done, that abides; and the wrath of the sea is against us;Hers, and the wrath of her brother, the Sun-god, lord of the sheepfolds.Fairer than her hast thou boasted thy daughter? Ah folly! for hateful,Hateful are they to the gods, whoso, impious, liken a mortal,Fair though he be, to their glory; and hateful is that which is likened,Grieving the eyes of their pride, and abominate, doomed to their anger.What shall be likened to gods? The unknown, who deep in the darkness
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