For else if folly shut his joyous strength

To mope in her dark prison without praise,

The hidden tears with which he wails his wrong

Will sour the fount of life. O hark to him!

Him mayst thou trust beyond the things thou seest.

For many things there be upon this earth

Unblest and fallen from beauty, to mislead

Man’s mind, and in a shadow justify

The evil thoughts and deeds that work his ill;

Fear, hatred, lust and strife, which, if man question