No, make me mistress to the man I love; If there be yet another name more free More fond than mistress, make me that to thee!
Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.
It is very natural for a young friend and a young lover to think the persons they love have nothing to do but to please them.
For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.
Nor Fame I slight, nor her favors call.
Who breaks a butterfly on a wheel?