Pressed to his side meanwhile, and all in tears

Clung to his hand, and, thus beginning, said:—

‘Too brave! thy valor yet will cause thy death.

Thou hast no pity on thy tender child,

Nor me, unhappy one, who soon must be

Thy widow. All the Greeks will rush on thee

To take thy life. A happier lot were mine,

If I must lose thee, to go down to earth,

For I shall have no hope when thou art gone,—

Nothing but sorrow. Father have I none,