A brawling woman's tongue, what saint can bear?
E'en Job, Honesta would have taught despair.
WHAT is the inference? you ask:—I'll tell;—
Live single, if you know you are well;
But if old Hymen o'er your senses reign,
Beware Honestas, or you'll rue the chain.
* By this character La Fontaine is supposed to
have meant his own wife.
THE LITTLE BELL
