This Atreus, fierce and bold of soul,

By every cruel passion swayed,

When first he saw his brother's face

Was held in dumb amaze.

No force is greater than the power

Of Nature's ties of love. 'Tis true

That wars with foreign foes endure;550

But they whom true love once has bound

Will ever feel its ties.

When wrath, by some great cause aroused,