The Gates

The GatesÆneidos, Bk.VI.vv. 893-898

Æneidos, Bk.VI.vv. 893-898

Sleep, and his Sister, Death;Twins ever with Us; and theirs the keysOf Past and Present, the Above, and the Beneath;And, as Brother and Sister please,Forth flutter Falsehood. Truth,Changed, according as they pass the GateOf Horn or of Ivory into Joy or Ruth,Even dreamed kindness into Hate!

Sleep, and his Sister, Death;Twins ever with Us; and theirs the keysOf Past and Present, the Above, and the Beneath;And, as Brother and Sister please,Forth flutter Falsehood. Truth,Changed, according as they pass the GateOf Horn or of Ivory into Joy or Ruth,Even dreamed kindness into Hate!

Sleep, and his Sister, Death;Twins ever with Us; and theirs the keysOf Past and Present, the Above, and the Beneath;And, as Brother and Sister please,Forth flutter Falsehood. Truth,Changed, according as they pass the GateOf Horn or of Ivory into Joy or Ruth,Even dreamed kindness into Hate!

Sleep, and his Sister, Death;

Twins ever with Us; and theirs the keys

Of Past and Present, the Above, and the Beneath;

And, as Brother and Sister please,

Forth flutter Falsehood. Truth,

Changed, according as they pass the Gate

Of Horn or of Ivory into Joy or Ruth,

Even dreamed kindness into Hate!


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