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Under the lee of an island

And the wind drifting off from the island.

" Tet, tet ...

what is it ?" said Anchises.

" Tethnéké, "said the helmsman" I think they

" Are howling because Adonis died virgin ".

" Huh ! tet .... " said Anchises,

" well, they've made a bloody mess of that city."

" King Otreus, of Phrygia

" That king is my father."

and saw then, as of waves taking form

As the sea, hard, a glitter of crystal,

And the waves rising but formed, holding their form.

No light reaching through them.