The secret joys of love he wisely hid;

But you, sirs, boast of more than e'er you did.

You teaze your cuckolds, to their face torment 'em;

But Jove gave his new honours to content him,

And, in the kind remembrance of the fair,

On each exalted son bestowed a star.

For these good deeds, as by the date appears,

His godship flourished full two thousand years.

}

{ At last, when he and all his priests grew old,