That life affords not, would as soon destroy;—

He may convince himself that, this in view,

I shall act well advised. And last, because,

Though heaven and earth and all things were at stake,

Sweet Michal must not weep, our parting eve.

Fest. True: and the eve is deepening, and we sit

As little anxious to begin our talk

As though to-morrow I could hint of it

As we paced arm-in-arm the cheerful town

At sun-dawn; or could whisper it by fits