For them both love and duty to obey?
Strongly they hoped; and by their friends around
A way, at least a lover’s way, was found.
“Give up your vote; you’ll then no longer be
Free in one sense, but in the better free.” 130
Such was of reasoning friends the kind advice,
And how could lovers in such case be nice?
A man may swear to walk directly on,
While sight remains; but how, if sight be gone?
“Oaths are not binding when the party’s dead,