A MAN may live thrice Nestor's life, Thrice wander out Ulysses' raoe, Yet never find Ulysses' wife;-- Such change hath chanced in this case! Less age will serve than Paris had, Small pain (if none be small enow) To find good store of Helen's trade: Such sap the root doth yield the bough! For one good wife, Ulysses slew A worthy knot of gentle blood: For one ill wife, Greece overthrew The town of Troy.--Sith bad and good Bring mischief, Lord let be thy will To keep me free from either ill. |