And Aphrodite exulted loud,
When she saw the wrecks Apollo left, -
The daughters of Phorkos quite bereft
O' the wondrous beauty of which they been so proud;
Haggard, white-haired, forced to make shift
With but one eye, with but one tooth!
The sisters long sat by the shore,
Wrinkled old women, forlorn and sad;
Only each other to make them glad
They mourned aloud together when waves would roar,
Wept for the beauty which once they had, -
The Graiai, - those white-haired women gray.
Long years they sat on the sandy shore,
Growing more wretched, their joy all fled,
Till finally they were visited
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