When they were set, 872 and hush’d was all the place And Theseus abided 873 had a space Ere any word came from his wisë breast His eyen set he there as was his lest, 874 And with a sad viságe he sighed still, And after that right thus he said his will. “The firstë mover of the cause above When he first made the fairë chain of love, Great was th’ effect, and high was his intent; Well wist he why, and what thereof he meant: For with that fairë chain of love he bond 875 The fire, the air, the water, and the lond In certain bondës, that they may not flee: 876 That samë prince and mover eke,” quoth he, “Hath stablish’d, in this wretched world adown, Certain of dayës and duratión To all that are engender’d in this place,