Thou wilt have pity!

Her. Should I pity thee?

Thy sons will perish gloriously—their blood——

Elm. Their blood! my children’s blood! Thou speak’st as ’twere

Of casting down a wine-cup, in the mirth

And wantonness of feasting! My fair boys!

—Man! hast thou been a father?

Her. Let them die!

Let them die now, thy children! so thy heart

Shall wear their beautiful image all undimm’d