You are kind, and I dream I'm in paradise then;

You are angry, and lo! all is darkness again.

It is right to torment one who loves you? Obey

Your elder; 'twere best; and you'll thank me one day.

Settle down in one nest on one tree (taking care

That no cruel reptile can clamber up there);

As it is with your lovers you're fairly perplext;

One day you choose one bough, another the next.

Whoe'er at all struck by your graces appears,

Is more to you straight than the comrade of years;