What prudent mothers to their offspring owe;
Not but a parent may restrain a child,
Nay, may reject him, if he will be wild;
But hers were good, and so they would remain;
If not, alas! who should their wills restrain?’” (O.M.)
variant of ll. 499–508:
“Oh!” she cried, “stop, our means will never last;”
For she had sad remembrance of the past.
“Hence with all care!” the husband cried, “away!
Him have I shunned, and hated day by day;