Was reft away, perchance I might have yielded now.
For sister, I confess it, since my husband’s fate,
Since that sad day when by his blood my father’s house
Was sprinkled, this of all men has my feelings moved.
Again I feel the force of passion’s sway. But no!
May I be gulfed within earth’s yawning depths; may Jove
Almighty hurl me with his thunders to the shades,
The pallid shades of Erebus and night profound,
Before, O constancy, I violate thy laws!
He took my heart who first engaged my maiden love.