I’m at thy side once more, but I shall stand
There—to the last!
Eri. Your smiles are troubled, lady—
May they ere long be brighter! Time will seem
Slow till the Vesper-bell.
Vit. ’Tis lovers’ phrase
To say—Time lags; and therefore meet for you;
But with an equal pace the hours move on,
Whether they bear, on their swift silent wing,
Pleasure or—fate.