Of Death.—Wouldst have it present?
Cain.Till I know
That which it really is, I cannot answer.
But if it be as I have heard my father
Deal out in his long homilies, 'tis a thing—
Oh God! I dare not think on't! Curséd be
He who invented Life that leads to Death!
Or the dull mass of life, that, being life,20
Could not retain, but needs must forfeit it—
Even for the innocent!