Let me depart, since ye are happy here.

PUELLÆ

Oh, no! not far thou heardest her, but nigh;

Nigh, 'twixt the waste's edge and the darkling sky.

Turn back again, too soon it is to die.

Abide! a little while be happy here.

AMANS

How with the lapse of lone years could I strive,

And can I die now that thou biddest live?

What joy this space 'twixt birth and death can give.