“Kind sir, in love, O then,” quoth she,
“Tell me what your three questions be.”
“O what is longer than the way,
Or what is deeper than the sea?
“Or what is louder than the horn,
Or what is sharper than a thorn?
“Or what is greener than the grass,
Or what is worse than a woman was?”
“O love is longer than the way,
And hell is deeper than the sea.