Could even hope it might be satisfied.

Thy words showed clearly that it was advice

That thou wast seeking from thy sister-soul.

Thou spakst of help which thou didst then require

And of the strengthening of thy powers of soul

Which otherwise must keep thee prison-bound.

Strader:

That my soul’s messenger could be by fate

Destined to be companion of my life

Lay very far from all I had in mind