23-4. This pointed if cynical conclusion was changed in 1657 to the much feebler
Guard thy unrelenting mind;
None are cruel but the kind.
Expostulation with Love in Despair.
Love, with what strange tyrannic laws must they
Comply, which are subjected to thy sway!
How far all justice thy commands decline,
Which though they hope forbid, yet love enjoin!
Must all are to thy hell condemn'd sustain