K. (pouring). Myself I pour the wine.

Drink with me. ’Tis thy life.

1840

Fer.Why should I live?

K. Canst thou not guess? I’ll tell thee then, and speak

Not as a foe. Thy will hath conquered mine;

And if I wronged thee, thou hast wronged me more.

Thou hast loved my daughter, and strangely won her love

Away from him whom for my son I had chosen,

And pillar of my house: thou hast driven away