“Yet half the beast is the great god Pan, To laugh, as he sits by the river, Making a poet out of a man. The true gods sigh for the cost and the pain-- For the reed that grows never more again As a reed with the reeds of the river.” MenPainGrowsHalfMusicLaughingPoetCostRiversBeastSighReedsTrue God Book:Poetical works Source: Poetical works