Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

Our neighbour's crop is always more fruitful and his cattle
produce more milk than our own.

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

So--now the danger dared at last,
Look back and smile at perils past!

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Alas! the fleeting years, how they roll on!

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.

Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?

Alas! sir,
In what have I offended you? What cause
Hath my behaviour given to your displeasure?

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.

A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman
are alike.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

Even in animals there exists the spirit of their sires.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.

From my example learn to be just, and not to despise the gods.