Lo, from the trunk new-shorn
Hither a Mountain Thorn
Bear we! O Asia-born
Bacchanals, bless this chase!

LEADER
I see. Yea; I see.
Have I not welcomed thee?

AGAVE (_very calmly and peacefully_)
He was young in the wildwood
Without nets I caught him!
Nay; look without fear on
The Lion; I have ta'en him!

LEADER
Where in the wildwood?
Whence have ye brought him?

AGAVE
Kithaeron. . . .

LEADER
Kithaeron?

AGAVE
The Mountain hath slain him!

LEADER
Who first came nigh him?