Stop every conscious note but wonder!

Aris. Ah,

I've heard it said Apollo loved my mother,

And I could wish it true, that god-descended

I might embrace thyself, who surely art

Of high Olympus born—whose mortal part

Wears beauty as the night her stars.

Dion. Behold

Me desolate, ye gods! Is this my friend?

Nay, thou hast given friendship such a blow