Long since would I have saved me from the Greeks

And followed my dear lord; but thought of him

Doth check my purpose and forbid my death.

For his dear sake there still remaineth cause420

To supplicate the gods, an added care.

Through him the richest fruit of woe is lost—

The fear of naught; and now all hope of rest

From further ills is gone, for cruel fate

Hath still an entrance to my grieving heart.

Most sad his fear, who fears in hopelessness.425