Then would thy tongue have boldly answered me,

And said, Man hath his life; that it must end

Condemns it not for nought. Are rivers salt

Because they travel to the bitter sea?

Is the day dark because the gorgeous west

Must fade in gloom, when the ungazeable sun

Is fallen beneath the waves? Or hath the spring

No charm in her pavilions, are her floors

Not starred, for that we see her birth is slow

Of niggard winter, and her blossoms smirched