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14 That fare on flesh. Ye must instruct me further;

I am to know more of this history

And how ye are a seed of Argive strain.

Runs not the story that on Argos' earth

Io once kept the keys of Hera's house?

'Tis very sure she did: the fame thereof

Lives yet throughout the land.

And more by token;

The heart of Zeus was stung with love of her?

Troth, 'twas no secret: Hera wrought amain

To foil his fancy.

And this royal quarrel

How doth it end in the story?

The Argive goddess

Transformed the maid into a cow.

And Zeus

Is fain to have the comely beast fair-horned?

Indeed the tale is told so: to that end

He wore the likeness of a lustful bull.