The force of duty and a goddess’ will
To keep thee back from death! when all the joys
That I have set about thee, and a love
More beautiful than Helen’s cannot hold thee!
Ach. Fate, that from men hideth her pitiless face,
Offered to me this kindness, that my will
Should be of force in predetermined deeds:
Allowing me to take which life I would
Of two incomparable lots; I ever
Leaned one way, the other thou; and still at heart