With glowing animation while he spake

The vehement spirit shone: its effort soon

Was past, and painfully with feeble breath

In slow and difficult utterance he pursued, ...

Vain hope, if all the evil was ordain’d,

And this wide wreck the will and work of Heaven,

We but the poor occasion! Death will make

All clear, and joining us in better worlds,

Complete our union there! Do for me now

One friendly office more: ... draw forth the spear,