Tears from my eyes, and quiet from my breast?

I longed to shape my way to my own bent—

Falk.

“In pensive ease?”

Svanhild.

O no, ’twas sternly meant.

But then the aunts came in with well-intended

Advice, the matter must be sifted, weighed—

[Coming nearer.

“In pensive ease,” you say; oh no, I made