By outward show let's not be cheated; An ass should like an ass be treated.
But his kiss was so sweet, and so closely he pressed, that I languished and pined till I granted the rest.
Look round, the wrecks of play behold; Estates dismember'd, mortgaged, sold! Their owners now to jails confin'd, Show equal poverty of mind.
One common fate we both must prove; You die with envy, I with love.
Cowards are cruel, but the brave love mercy and delight to save.
Thus shadow owes its birth to light.