Blame we leave silent. I assuredly

Judged myself proper, if I should approach

By accident calamities of thine,

To be demonstrably thy friend: but thou

Told'st me not of the corpse then claiming care,

That was thy wife's, but didst instal me guest

I' the house here, as though busied with a grief

Indeed, but then, mere grief beyond thy gate:

And so, I crowned my head, and to the Gods

Poured my libations in thy dwelling-place,