Now calmly list to mine, and thou shalt own
They may not be withstood.
Phe. What canst thou say
Which I should hear? I go, resolved to save
Him who with thee would perish;—to the shrine
E’en now I fly.
Alc. Stay, stay thee! ’tis too late.
Already hath consenting Proserpine,
From the remote abysses of her realms,
Heard and accepted the terrific vow