That only sooths and keeps you company,

To prey upon your last remains of life.

Cleom. I've heard you. [Sighs.

Crat. Hear her still; she tells you true.

This melancholy flatters, but unmans you.

What is it else, but penury of soul,

A lazy frost, a numbness of the mind,

That locks up all the vigour to attempt,

By barely crying,—'tis impossible!

Cleom. You both mistake me:—That I grieve, 'tis true;