There, there, I too, self-sacrificed, will fall.
Vain is each obstacle—in vain the gods
Themselves would check my fury. I am lord
Of my own days—and thus I swear——
Alc. Yes! swear,
Admetus! for thy children to sustain
The load of life. All other impious vows,
Which thou, a rebel to the sovereign will
Of those who rule on high, mightst dare to form