In troth, it fits not with that face to scant
Your faithful shepherd of those chaste desires
He ever aim’d at, and ...
Amoret: Thou hast prevail’d; farewell. This coming night
Shall crown thy chaste hopes with long-wish’d delight.
Perigot: Our great god Pan reward thee for that good
Thou hast given thy poor shepherd!
A medieval song, that appears in The Maid’s Tragedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher, suggests that restraint in lust may occasionally be a desideratum:
I could never have the power