If all things be considered: first, there was
His lady-mother, mathematical,
A——never mind;—his tutor, an old ass;
A pretty woman—(that's quite natural,
Or else the thing had hardly come to pass)
A husband rather old, not much in unity
With his young wife—a time, and opportunity.
IV.
Well—well; the World must turn upon its axis,
And all Mankind turn with it, heads or tails,