That seek, and crouch, and kneel for women's grace!
Of whom, your pain and service is neglected;
Yourselves, despised; rivals, before your face!
The more you sue, the less you shall obtain!
The less you win, the more shall be your gain!
XXIV.
In looking back unto my follies past;
While I the present, with times past compare,
And think how many hours I then did waste