Full oft in disquiet; for need was now, as the day ’gan wane,
That the maiden unto her mother should turn her homeward again.
But she thought not yet of departing, such joy did her spirit take
Alike in his goodlihead, and the winsome words that he spake. {1140}
But Aison’s son took heed, and late and at last did he say:
‘Lo now, it is time to depart, lest the sun’s light fade away
Before we be ware, and lest some stranger should haply espy
All this. Yet again will we meet, coming hitherward, thou and I.’
So in sweetest communion did these try each the other’s heart
Thus far; and thereafter they sundered. And now did Jason depart