And cannot curb my lips,
And turbid speech at random dashes on
Upon the waves of dread calamity.
Strophe I
Chor. Wise, very wise was he
Who first in thought conceived this maxim sage,
And spread it with his speech,[[200]]—
That the best wedlock is with equals found,
And that a craftsman, born to work with hands,
Should not desire to wed