Or the wing’d bark to youth, that his free course

May be o’er hills and seas; and weep thou not

In thy forsaken home, for the bright world

Lies all before him, and be sure he wastes

No thought on thee!

Elm. Not so! it is not so!

Thou dost but torture me! My sons are kind,

And brave, and gentle.

Her. Others, too, have worn

The semblance of all good. Nay, stay thee yet;