And once again, expected guest! appear.
“And if a second time the power complied, }
Why is a third, and why a fourth denied? }
Why not a warning ghost for ever at our side? }
Ah, foolish being! thou hast truth enough; 60
Augmented guilt would rise on greater proof;
Blind and imperious passion disbelieves,
Or madly scorns the warning it receives,
Or looks for pardon ere the ill be done,
Because ’tis vain to strive our fate to shun;