‘Wherefore,’ the goddess cried, ‘’tis plain that none
But one I wot of coud this thing have wrought.
That which another doth may well be done,
Nor thou the nearer to my promise brought.
Thou buildest on a hope to be destroy’d,
If thou accept conditions, and avoid
Thy parcel, nor thyself accomplish aught.
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‘Was it not kindness in me, being averse
To all thy wish, to yield me thus to grant