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ae ina dustaenoiosi met andrasin alge echaeton;[77]
the address of Zeus to the horses of Peleus;--or take finally his
[Greek:]
Kai se, geron, to prin men akouomen olbion einar[78]
the words of Achilles to Priam, a suppliant before him. Take that
incomparable line and a half of Dante, Ugolino's tremendous words--
"Io no piangeva; si dentro impietrai.
Piangevan elli ..."[79]
take the lovely words of Beatrice to Virgil--
"Io son fatta da Dio, sua merce, tale,
Che la vostra miseria non mi tange,
Ne fiamma d'esto incendio non m'assale ..."[80]
take the simple, but perfect, single line--
"In la sua volontade e nostra pace."[81]
Take of Shakespeare a line or two of Henry the Fourth's expostulation
with sleep--
"Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast
Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains
In cradle of the rude imperious surge ..."[82]
and take, as well, Hamlet's dying request to Horatio--
"If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart,
Absent thee from felicity awhile,
And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain
To tell my story .


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