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2 5 4 I n t e r p r e t a t i o n Volume 41 / Issue 3And because no one ever leaves,who comes here, thus no newsof her was ever made known, nor is yet known.115 Many maidens are at her service,with whom alone she governs her kingdom,and I am one of their number.To me is given the eternal chore,that with me this flock to pasture comes120 through these woods and each of their caves.Thus it is fitting that I hold this lightand this horn: the one and the other is good,if it happens that the day, when I am out, extinguishes itself.The one shows me the way; I sound the other125 if any beast in the deep woodswere lost, to know where I am.And if you were to ask me, I answer you:know that these beasts you see,men, like you, they were in the world.130 And if my words you do not believe,look carefully for a moment at how they gather around you,at how they look at you and how they lick your feet.And the reason they look at you as they dois that each one of them feels sorry for your ruin135 and your suffering and your loss.Each one, like you, was a wandererin these woods, and then was transmutedinto these forms by my queen.This proper virtue has been given her from the heavens,140 that in various forms she may convert a manas soon as she gazes intently on his face.Therefore it is fitting you come with me,follow the tracks of this flock of mine,if in these woods you do not want to die.145 And so that Circe doesn’t see the shapeof your face, and to come in secret,you’re going to come on all fours among this troop.”Then she moved on with a happy face;and I, seeing no other succor,