He saw Gladly the steaming laver, for not oft Had he been cared for thus, since he had left The dwelling of the nymph with amber hair, Calypso, though attended while with her As if he were a god. Now when the maids Had seen him bathed, and had anointed him With oil, and put his sumptuous mantle on, And tunic, forth he issued from the bath, And came to those who sat before their wine. Nausicaä, goddess-like in beauty, stood Beside a pillar of that noble roof, And looking on Ulysses as he passed, Admired, and said to him in winged words:—
“Stranger, farewell, and in thy native land Remember thou hast owed thy life to me.”
Ulysses, the sagacious, answering said:—
“Nausicaä, daughter of the large-souled king Alcinoüs! so may Jove, the Thunderer, Husband of Juno, grant that I behold My home, returning safe, as I will make To thee as to a goddess day by day My prayer; for, lady, thou hast saved my life.”