Will not my saying—and as solemnly

As what one best may vouch for; that so far

As any hope of my poor liking goes,

Despair indeed they must—why should not this

Allay their wrath, and let relapsing love

In his old channel all the clearer run

For this slight interjection in the current?

Why should it not be so?

Cipr. Alas, I know not:

For though as much they promised, yet I doubt