Within the hand which did the deed, the spoil,

The horrid spoil of her dismembered son,365

A raging Maenad. Yea, she did the deed;

But naught in all her sinfulness did she

Save that one crime.[7] It is my least of sins

That I am guilty; this my greater crime,

That I have made another sinful too.

But even this seems light when I reflect

That I have given birth to sinful sons.

Till now 'twas wanting to my sum of woe