[S]eeing you desire your child to live, / Thanks, but you work against your own desire; […]

He probably thought she was an overprotective, neurotic mother who couldn't see past the end of her nose where her son was concerned.

The revenging gods / 'Gainst parricides did all their thunders bend.

… and on the Saturday heavy seas pounded the W.R. on its exposed coastal stretch between Dawlish and Teignmouth, loosening the ballast and forcing trains to proceed with extreme caution.