To their own fate. And, since the Comic Muse

Hath proved so ominous to me, I will try

If tragedy have a more kind aspect:

Her favors in my next I will pursue,

Where, if I prove the pleasure but of one,

So he judicious be, he shall be alone

A theater unto me. Once I'll 'say[[117]]

To strike the ear of time in those fresh strains,

As shall, beside the cunning of their ground,

Give cause to some of wonder, some despite,