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In the under-world again

Where are throned the kings of hell,

Full of sway, adorable

Thou hadst stood at their right hand—

Thou that wert, in mortal land,

By Fate's ordinance and law,

King of kings who bear the crown

And the staff, to which in awe

Mortal men bow down.

Nay O father, I were fain

Other fate had fallen on thee.

Ill it were if thou hadst lain

One among the common slain,

Fallen by Scamander's side—

Those who slew thee there should be!

Then, untouched by slavery,

We had heard as from afar

Deaths of those who should have died

'Mid the chance of war.

O child, forbear! things all too high thou sayest.

Easy, but vain, thy cry!