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,