Shameth his reason with exultant speech. 435
Pr. Thou say’st I am mad, and of my sober words
Hast called those impious which thou fearest true,
Those which thou knowest good, incredible.
Consider ere thou judge: be first assured
All is not good for man that seems god’s will.
See, on thy farming skill, thy country toil 441
Which bends to aid the willing fruits of earth,
And would promote the seasonable year,
The face of nature is not always kind: