I cannot——

Orph. And why wilt thou not draw near?

Is there within these courts a shade so dear

As he that calls thee?

Eur. No, there cannot be

10A thing so lovely in mine eyes as thee.

Orph. Why comes not then Eurydice?

Eur. The Fates,

The Fates forbid, and these eternal gates,

Never unbarr'd to let a pris'ner go,