Theodora. For he was fill’d with hate and love;

And where his love fell, fell his hate also,

Like thunder blasting that it kisses.

Ostyn. Like thunder blasting that it kisses.Mighty,

His people groan’d beneath him; for he slew

A pathway to his passions.

Theodora. A pathway to his passions.My lord he slew,

Beloved; my children, for I scorn’d him.

Ostyn. Beloved; my children, for I scorn’d him.Herself,

Like that dark angel leaping down from heaven,