When we, in agues, think all sweet things sour;
What makes us know our tongue's false judgements then?
What power was that, whereby Medea saw,
And well approved and praised the better course,
When her rebellious Sense did so withdraw
Her feeble powers, as she pursued the worst?
Did Sense persuade Ulysses not to hear
The Mermaid's songs? which so his men did please,
As they were all persuaded through the ear,
To quit the ship, and leap into the seas.