1 "If god spares Beth, I'll try to love and serve Him all my life," answered Jo, with equal fervor.
2 He felt the change, wondered at it, and knew that the stranger had been a god, so he went straight to where the suitors were sitting.
3 Telemachus answered, "Antinous, do not chide with me, but, god willing, I will be chief too if I can."
4 He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulder, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
5 Hear me," he cried, "you god who visited me yesterday, and bade me sail the seas in search of my father who has so long been missing.
6 He bound his sandals on to his comely feet, girded his sword about his shoulders, and left his room looking like an immortal god.
7 We are speaking god and goddess to one another, and you ask me why I have come here, and I will tell you truly as you would have me do.
8 If some god wrecks me when I am on the sea, I will bear it and make the best of it.
9 Then the god staid his stream and stilled the waves, making all calm before him, and bringing him safely into the mouth of the river.
10 Close to her seat stands that of my father, on which he sits and topes like an immortal god.
11 Another may be as handsome as a god, but his good looks are not crowned with discretion.
12 No god could make a finer looking fellow than you are, but you are a fool.
13 Not even a god could see them so fine and subtle were they.
14 This is what my father used to say, but whether the god will carry out his threat or no is a matter which he will decide for himself.
15 Here we entered, but so dark was the night that some god must have brought us in, for there was nothing whatever to be seen.