The round and sound, in whose composure just
The acquiescent and recipient side
Was Pietro's, and the stirring striving one
Violante's: both in union gave the due
Quietude, enterprise, craving and content,
Which go to bodily health and peace of mind.
But as 't is said a body; rightly mixed,
Each element in equipoise, would last
Too long and live forever,—accordingly
Holds a germ—sand-grain weight too much i' the scale—