Mrs.Masonwasawidow,andhadtostruggleforth.sakeofthesixorsevenchildrenleftdependentonherexertions;thus
standing,exceptthehightimberworkofmereexteriorobservance.Astothegreatmultitude,thebeastsinhumanform,
pourMyselfoutsograciouslyandlovingly,everythingintowhichIenterismadegood.BythisgoodnessMypresenceist
subtle,andtosuffering,impassive;thenIshallputonherthecrownofdelight,andonthecrownagoldengarland.TheS
Bluntedwithgorecongealednomorecouldwound,Butbrakethestrickenlimb;whileeveryhandFlungeveryquiveringda
thatwereinsorrowandtrouble,sittingbeforehim,andoneofthemprayedhimtoplayontheharptoher.Thishetookamis
overflowedMyexpiringbody,sothatitwasamostpiteoussighttosee.Beholdalamentablething!Myyoung,Myfairandb
endure!Ashardassteelmustthoubenottoburstutterlywithwoe.True,IwasoncecalledHisbelovedspouse:woeisme!I
ThereisathreatofaParthianwar.Cassius'sdespatchwasemptybrag:thatofBibulushadnotarrived:whenthatisread
TheServant.--Oh,thegreatrichesoftheDivineknowledgeandwisdom!howveryinscrutableareThyjudgments,andhow
afterGodinsuchbeautyandsweetness,thatinThyespousalsoughttobequeensandempresses,powerfulinheavenandon
throughirregularlusts,berenderedsusceptibleofregularandeternaljoy?Howwoulditbepossibletofollowtheunp
Madmen,assailhimandwithslendershafts,'Gainstwhichhislifeisproof?OrponderousstonesThiswarriorchiefsha
orelsehadgonetobitterdeathwithmyonlyLove;or,hadtheynotchosentokillmewithmyonlyLove,thatIyetmighthave
furiouswrathofallmenfromwhicheversideitsblastcome,howfiercelysoeveritcome,andwhetherthouberightorwro