SONNET TO DUTY 331 
SONNET TO DUTY 
@eds tis Zor? ev juiv. 
EURIPIDES (Fragm.). 
Licur of dim mornings; shield from heat and 
cold ; 
Balm for all ailments ; substitute for praise ; 
Comrade of those who plod in lonely ways 
(Ways that grow lonelier as the years wax 
old) ; 
Tonic for fears ; check to the over-bold ; 
Nurse, whose calm hand its strong restriction 
lays, 
Kind but resistless, on our wayward days ; 
Mart, where high wisdom at vast price is 
sold ; 
Gardener, whose touch bids the rose-petals 
fall, 
The thorns endure; surgeon, who human 
hearts 
Searchest with probes, though the death- 
wound be given ; 
Spell that knits friends, but yearning lovers 
parts ; 
Tyrant relentless o’er our blisses all ; — 
Oh, can it be, thine other name is Heaven ? 
