Always a-carding the wool, with clear-toned voices resoundingTold they such lots as these in song divinely directed,Chaunts which none after-time shall 'stablish falsehood-convicted.
1.O who by virtues great all highmost honours enhancest,Guard of Emáthia-land, most famous made by thine offspring,Take what the Sisters deign this gladsome day to disclose thee,Oracles soothfast told,—And ye, by Destiny followed,Speed ye, the well-spun woof out-drawing, speed ye, 0 Spindles.
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Soon to thy sight shall rise, their fond hopes bringing to bridegrooms,Hesperus: soon shall come thy spouse with planet auspicious,Who shall thy mind enbathe with a love that softens the spirit,And as thyself shall prepare for sinking in languorous slumber,Under thy neck robust, soft arms dispreading as pillow.Speed ye, the well-spun woof out-drawing, speed ye, 0 Spindles.3.Never a house like this such loves as these hath united,