If perchance another lord she shall wed in her exile.115

ACT II

Medea: We are undone! How harsh upon mine ears doth grate

The song! and even now I cannot comprehend

The vast extent of woe that hath befallen me.

Could Jason prove so false? Bereft of native land,

And home, and kingdom, could he leave me here alone

On foreign shores? Oh, cruel, could he quite reject120

My sum of service, he who saw the fire and sea

With crime o'ercome for his dear sake? And does he think