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.