Thy love abandoned and thy trusting faith betrayed!

Dido (419-434):

If this great grief in expectation I have borne,

Then truly shall I patience have to bear it still.

But, sister, grant me in my woe this one request—

For yonder faithless one was wont to cherish thee

Alone, and trust to thee his heart; and thou alone

Dost know the fav’ring time and method of approach

To try the man:—go, sister, and in suppliant strain

Address our haughty foe: I took no oath with Greece