With all men sight is first, then admiration;
Then follows careful scrutiny, and next
They dare to hope, and thus from these beginnings
At last they fall in love.
ὁρῶσι πάντες πρῶτον, εἶτ᾿ ἐθαύμασαν,
ἔπειτ᾿ ἐπεθεώρησαν, εἶτ᾿ εἰς ἐλπίδα
ἐνέπεσον· οὕτω γίγνετ᾿ ἐκ τούτων ἔρως.
ἔπειτ᾿ ἐπεθεώρησαν, εἶτ᾿ εἰς ἐλπίδα
ἐνέπεσον· οὕτω γίγνετ᾿ ἐκ τούτων ἔρως.
Original text (Ancient Greek)