Howe’er that be, attend. Ye have now long time
Besieged this widowed house, and day by day
Eating and drinking without end, abused
The absence of its lord; and ever in all
Ye have still proclaimed one object, me to woo
And wed. Till now I have barred consent: to-day
I yield me to your urgence to declare
Whom I will choose: but since not willingly
I wed, I set my fortune with the gods
To guide and govern. Here is Ulysses’ bow: