With meek and humble humility.
He told it likewise to his father dear,
Who chid him, saying, what is this I hear?
Must I, thy mother, and thy brothers too,
Be all obliged to bow the knee to you,
Low on the earth, as if you reigned and ruled:
’Tis very hard that aged parents should
A meek and lowly veneration pay
To you who ought to honour and obey.