I may have done no outrage, this is clear—

That I have done no outrage on your love;

And, for this reason, by your love I beg you

Not for one final sacrifice, yet hope

That you will yield to me one final duty.

And this I hope not for my sake alone,

I hope it for your own sake even more,

You will not wish that, at this latest hour,

I see you mistily; you will for this—

That I myself the dead man’s mouth have locked,