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A BOOK OF MYTHS
of gold, the voice of the great Father and King of Olympus rang out loud and clear:
"Drink now, O beautiful, and have no fear!
"For with this draught shalt thou be born again.
"And live for ever free from care and pain."
In this wise did Psyche, a human soul, attain by bitter suffering to the perfect happiness of purified love.
And still do we watch the butterfly, which is her emblem, bursting from its ugly tomb in the dark soil, and spreading joyous white and gold-powdered wings in the caressing sunshine, amidst the radiance and the fragrance of the summer flowers. Still, too, do we sadly watch her sister, the white moth, heedlessly rushing into pangs unutterable, thoughtlessly seeking the anguish that brings her a cruel death.
