my friend who is a classics major told me that this character reminded him of me. interesting...
hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood,
consumed by the fire buried in her heart,
The man's courage, the sheer pride of his line,
they all come pressing home to her, over and over.
his looks, his words, they pierce, her heart and cling-
no peace, no rest for her body, love will give her none.
