....
But the king on its back was seen more quickly
Than he saw the maenads. Suddenly
The stranger was nowhere,
And a voice
- I thought Dionysus' - swooped through the ether:
"Women, this is the man who mocks at me
And you, and my mysteries. Punish him."
And a pillar of unearthly fire flashed
Between the ground and the sky.
The forest
Fell silent; silent the weightless wind,
And the leaves sleeping on the trees,
And there was no noise of beasts,
Or voice.
And they, the women, the call of their god
Still ringing confused in their ears, just stood,
Immobile, their eyes enormous.
Than he saw the maenads. Suddenly
The stranger was nowhere,
And a voice
- I thought Dionysus' - swooped through the ether:
"Women, this is the man who mocks at me
And you, and my mysteries. Punish him."
And a pillar of unearthly fire flashed
Between the ground and the sky.
The forest
Fell silent; silent the weightless wind,
And the leaves sleeping on the trees,
And there was no noise of beasts,
Or voice.
And they, the women, the call of their god
Still ringing confused in their ears, just stood,
Immobile, their eyes enormous.
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