I cast thee out and follow other stars
Full evil was my meed and recompense—
New courage steels my fainting heart, and hence
I kneel at shrines which passion never mars.
In an interesting poem Garin the Red implores Mezura to teach him the way to love purely and nobly; but he is anything but pleased with his instructress, and comes to the conclusion that her whole wisdom is "just good form" and nothing else.
But by my merry mood impelled
I kiss and dally night and morn
And do the things I feel compelled
To do—or else, with tonsure shorn,