“Good-nature and good-sense must ever join;
To err is human, to forgive, divine.”
—Pope.
PENELOPE, a Spartan maid,
The brave Ulysses wooed and wed,
She in a modest blush arrayed,
He with a crown upon his head.
Two hearts that beat as one—no tear
Bedimmed their bliss for one whole year;
At Ithaca they dwelt in peace—
Not Ithaca, New York—but Greece.