Kitap 3
But men in years more calmly wrong resent;
As wood when green, or as a torch when wet,
They slowly burn, but long retain their heat.
More bright is youthful flame, but sooner dies;
Then swiftly seize the joy that swiftly flies.
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Thus, all betraying to the beauteous foe,
How surely to enslave ourselves we show.
To trust a traitor you'll no scruple make,
Who is a traitor only for your sake.
Who yields too soon will soon her lover lose;
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Would you retain him long ? then long refuse.
Oft at your door make him for entrance wait;
There let him lie, and threaten and entreat.
When cloy'd with sweets, bitters the taste restore;
Ships by fair winds are sometimes run ashore;
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Hence springs the coldness in a married life;
The husband when he pleases has his wife.
Bar but your gate,Ladies must keep out both husbands and lovers to raise their passion, which is apt to be cloyed when admittance is too easy. and let your porter cry,
"Here's no admittance, sir; I must deny;"
The very husband, — so repuls'd, will find
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