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 Thou treadest, the Brass-footed Threshold named,

Is Athen’s bastion, and the neighbouring lands

Claim as their chief and patron yonder knight

Colonus, and in common bear his name.

Such, stranger, is the spot, to fame unknown,

But dear to us its native worshippers.

Thou sayest there are dwellers in these parts?

Surely; they bear the name of yonder god.

Ruled by a king or by the general voice?

The lord of Athens is our over-lord.

Who is this monarch, great in word and might?

Theseus, the son of Aegeus our late king.

Might one be sent from you to summon him?

Wherefore? To tell him aught or urge his coming?

Say a slight service may avail him much.

How can he profit from a sightless man?

The blind man’s words will be instinct with sight. 153