And now, not wife, but captive maid,

I seek my haughty mistress' home.

Chorus: Why dost thou, foolish, ever dwell225

Upon thy sire's illustrious realm,

And on thy own unhappy fate?

Forget thy former station now;

For only is he happy who,

As king or slave, knows how to bear

His lot, and fit his countenance

To changing circumstance. For he230