In soul I swept the indignity away.
καὶ γὰρ οὐδέ τοί τι λίαν ἐμὲ φιλοψυχεῖν χρεών.
For neither of a surety ought I to cling to life too fondly.—Iphigeneia in Aulide, 1385.
It is from the character of Iphigeneia that Wordsworth derives these traits.
By the just Gods whom no weak pity moved.
We think of Virgil's tender line in the similar passage about Orpheus and Eurydice. Georg. iv. 488.
Quum subita incautum dementia cepit amantem,
Ignoscenda quidem, scirent si ignoscere Manes.
Pardonable indeed, were pardon known in the world of death.