“Now fare ye well, young men, and when ye come To Nestor, shepherd of the people, give Greetings from me; for he was kind to me As if he were a father, when the sons Of Greece were warring in the realm of Troy.”
Then spake in turn discreet Telemachus:
“Assuredly I shall relate to him, As soon as I am with him, all that thou, foster-child of Jove, hast bid me say; And would to heaven I might as surely tell Ulysses in his palace, when again I come to Ithaca, how welcome thou Hast made me here, and how I came away With treasures rich and many from thy court.”
As thus he spake, an eagle to the right Appeared, that, flying, bore a large white goose, Clutched from the tame flock in the palace court; And men and women ran the way he flew, And shouted after him. Before the steeds Of the young men, and still on the right hand, The bird went sweeping on.