16 ARGONAUTAE
THESEUS.
Ye heard not, O dull-witted! Unto me
(Alone of all ye wise) the great voice came,
“The Gates of Hell shall not in all prevail.”
CASTOR.
I heard, ‘‘ Regret not thy mortality!
Love conquers death!”
POLLUX.
But I, “Regret not thou
Thine immortality! Love conquers life!”
ORPHEUS.
A partial wisdom to a partial ear.
JASON.
But what speech came to thee?
ORPHEUS.
T heard no voice.
ARGUS,
What means this? Here’s my labour thrown away,
My skill made jest of, all my wage destroyed
At one fell stroke.
JASON,
What? Is the Argo burnt?
ARGUS.
Burnt! Should I then complain? The ship is finished.
JASON.
The Goddess, furious at thine absence, Argus,
Hath frenzied thee with some delusion.