[He bows his head in tears.]

O kingly Jonathan, would I might give

The beating of my life into your veins—

Willing for it would I be drouth and die.

How are the mighty fallen and the fair!

[With lifted arm, deeply moved.]

Peaks, mountains of Gilboa, let no more

Dew be upon you, and as sackcloth let

Clouds cover you, and ashes be your soil,

Until I bring upon Philistia