What women say to lovers, you'll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
It is difficult to lay aside a confirmed passion.
For the godly poet must be chaste himself, but there is no need for his verses to be so.
What a woman says to an eager lover, write it on running water, write it on air.
The vows that woman makes to her fond lover are only fit to be written on air or on the swiftly passing stream.
There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh.