Prom. 'Tis thy work, Io, to grant these their wish,

On other grounds and as thy father's kin:[[173]]

For to bewail and moan one's evil chance,

Here where one trusts to gain a pitying tear

From those who hear,—this is not labour lost.

Io. I know not how to disobey your wish;

So ye shall learn the whole that ye desire

In speech full clear. And yet I blush to tell

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The storm that came from God, and brought the loss