Thine shall with tenfold agony be rent;
Increase of anguish shall new years bestow, }
Pain shall on thought and grief on reason grow, }
And this, th’ advice I give, increase the ill I show.’ }
“‘A second marriage!—No!—by all that’s dear!’
I cried aloud—The spirit bade me hear.
“‘There will be trial—how I must not say,
Perhaps I cannot—listen, and obey!— 630
Free is thy will—th’ event I cannot see,
Distinctly cannot, but thy will is free.