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Nay, reach me not a gift, to take it back.

Of two recitals I will give thee one.

Say what they are, and then give me the choice.

I give it. Choose if I shall plainly show

Thy future toils, or who shall set me free.

Consent to give to her one of these boons,

To us the other. Do not scorn our words.

Show her what wanderings remain, and us

Who shall release thee. For we long for this.

Since ye are all so fain I will not thwart ye

By not declaring what ye further ask.

To thee thy many-ranging wanderings,

Io, will I first tell; which do thou write

On the remembering tablets of thy mind.

When thou hast crossed the waters, boundary