Or, while we speak, within the direful grasp
[Of savage hunger, or of savage heat!]
Eld. Bro. Peace, brother: be not over-exquisite
To cast the fashion of uncertain evils; 360
For, [grant they be so], while they rest unknown,
What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid?
Or, if they be but false alarms of fear,
How bitter is such [self-delusion]! 365