Eros, from rest in isles far-famed, With rising Anthesterion rose, And all Hellenic heights acclaimed Eros.

The sea one pearl, the shore one rose, All round him all the flower-month flamed And lightened, laughing off repose.

Earth’s heart, sublime and unashamed, Knew, even perchance as man’s heart knows, The thirst of all men’s nature named Eros.