“Complain of me! and so you might indeed
If I had ventured on that foolish lead,
That fatal heart - but I forgot your play -
Some folk have ever thrown their hearts away.”
“Yes, and their diamonds; I have heard of one
Who made a beggar of an only son.”
“Better a beggar, than to see him tied
To art and spite, to insolence and pride.”
“Sir, were I you, I’d strive to be polite,
Against my nature, for a single night.”