So long you wandered on the dusky plain, 
Where flit the shadows with their endless cry, 
You reach the shore where all the world goes by, 
You leave the strife, the slavery, the pain; 
But we, but we, the mortals that remain 
In vain stretch hands; for Charon sullenly 
Drives us afar, we may not come anigh 
Till that last mystic obolus we gain. 

But you are happy in the quiet place, 
And with the learned lovers of old days, 
And with your love, you wander ever-more 
In the dim woods, and drink forgetfulness 
Of us your friends, a weary crowd that press 
About the gate, or labour at the oar.