Calchas desires achilles’ protection. from what?

 Calchas knew the reason why the Greek soldiers were dying from a plague during the Trojan War but he held his tongue because Agamemnon was the cause for it. It wasn't until the other chieftains, Odysseus and Achilles included, did he ask for protection and tell everyone that it was Agamemnon and his taking of Chryseis, daughter of one of Apollo's priests, that caused the plague. In fact, it was Apollo himself that gave the plague to the Greeks.

Milton is awaiting for the noble cause from the first line, as well as lamenting for the years past. He achieved most of his literary accomplishments at an early age in which regrets not getting enough after that. Therefore, Milton blames his feminine look. He finishes his lines with faith in god. The correct answer is the first option if we take all the analyzed details into consideration.