But that may be the restless soul within:

A soul perhaps with virtues that have been

Severely tried and could not stand the test;

These be thy care, Kurt: and if not too deep

In vices of the flesh, discover them,

As divers bring lost riches up from ooze.—

Thou hast a daughter; let him be thy son."

A year thereafter was it that I heard

Of Rudolf's passion for Kurt's Ilsabe;

Then their betrothal. And it was from this,—