And sometimes, as it were 'twixt sleep and waking

I hear him say, "Asander, oh, my son!

Shall I not see thee more?"

Asan.

Oh, my dear father!

And dost thou love me thus, who have forgot thee

These two long years? Belovèd, lonely life!

Belovèd failing eyes! Lysimachus,

I must go hence, and yet my honour binds me.