Lurks flame in no strange windings where, surprised

By the swift implement sent home at once,

Flushes and glowings radiate and hover

About its track?

Phene? what—why is this?

That whitening cheek, those still dilating eyes!

Ah, you will die—I knew that you would die!

Phene begins, on his having long remained silent.

Now the end's coming; to be sure, it must

Have ended sometime! Tush, why need I speak