Let me go: take back thy gift:<br />Why should a man desire in any way<br />To vary from the kindly race of men,<br />Or pass beyond the goal of ordinance<br />Where all should pause, as is most meet for all?<br />...Why wilt thou ever scare me with thy tears,<br />And make me tremble lest a saying learnt,<br />In days far-off, on that dark earth, be true?<br />‘The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.’<br />- Tithonus