'Twas so; he strook me with a slender dart;

'Tis cruel Love turmoils my captive heart.

Yielding or striving[135] do we give him might,

Let's yield, a burden easily borne is light.10

I saw a brandished fire increase in strength,

Which being not shak'd, I saw it die at length.

Young oxen newly yoked are beaten more,

Than oxen which have drawn the plough before:

And rough jades' mouths with stubborn bits are torn,

But managed horses' heads are lightly borne.[136]