"And if the honest suit he hoped to gain Had been at first rejected by my sire, 'Twas, he was somedeal of a churlish vein, Nor ever yielded to a first desire;
He should not therefore, restive to the rein, Have left his goodly task, so prompt to ire;
Sure, passing aye from good to better deed, In little time to win the wished-for meed;
