[Greek:]
Kai se, geron, to prin men akouomen olbion einar[78]
the words of Achilles to Priam, a suppliant before him. Take that incomparable line and a half of Dante, Ugolino's tremendous words—
"Io no piangeva; sì dentro impietrai.
Piangevan elli …"[79]
take the lovely words of Beatrice to Virgil—
"Io son fatta da Dio, sua mercè, tale,
Che la vostra miseria non mi tange,
Nè fiamma d'esto incendio non m'assale …"[80]
take the simple, but perfect, single line—
"In la sua volontade è nostra pace."[81]
Take of Shakespeare a line or two of Henry the Fourth's expostulation with sleep—
"Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast
Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains
In cradle of the rude imperious surge …"[82]
and take, as well, Hamlet's dying request to Horatio—