Raim. Then wherefore? and upon thy lofty brow

Why burns the troubled flush?

Pro. Perchance ’tis shame.

Yes, it may well be shame!—for I have striven

With nature’s feebleness, and been o’erpower’d.

—Howe’er it be, ’tis not for thee to gaze,

Noting it thus. Rise, let me loose thy chains.

Arise, and follow me; but let thy step

Fall without sound on earth: I have prepared

The means for thy escape.