Thou hast bitterly complained of the injustice of the senate.

Thou hast grieved over my calumniation, and likewise hast lamented the damage to my good name.
Finally, thine indignation blazed forth against fortune; thou hast complained of the unfairness with which thy merits have been recompensed.

Last of all thy frantic muse framed a prayer that the peace which reigns in heaven might rule earth also.

But since a throng of tumultuous passions hath assailed thy soul, since thou art distraught with anger, pain, and grief, strong remedies are not proper for thee in this thy present mood.

And so for a time I will use milder methods, that the tumours which have grown hard through the influx of disturbing passion may be softened by gentle treatment, till they can bear the force of sharper remedies.' SONG VI.
ALL THINGS HAVE THEIR NEEDFUL ORDER He who to th' unwilling furrows Gives the generous grain, When the Crab with baleful fervours Scorches all the plain; He shall find his garner bare, Acorns for his scanty fare.
Go not forth to cull sweet violets From the purpled steep, While the furious blasts of winter Through the valleys sweep; Nor the grape o'erhasty bring To the press in days of spring.
For to each thing God hath given Its appointed time; No perplexing change permits He In His plan sublime.
So who quits the order due Shall a luckless issue rue.
VI.
'First, then, wilt thou suffer me by a few questions to make some attempt to test the state of thy mind, that I may learn in what way to set about thy cure ?' 'Ask what thou wilt,' said I, 'for I will answer whatever questions thou choosest to put.' Then said she: 'This world of ours--thinkest thou it is governed haphazard and fortuitously, or believest thou that there is in it any rational guidance ?' 'Nay,' said I, 'in no wise may I deem that such fixed motions can be determined by random hazard, but I know that God, the Creator, presideth over His work, nor will the day ever come that shall drive me from holding fast the truth of this belief.' 'Yes,' said she; 'thou didst even but now affirm it in song, lamenting that men alone had no portion in the divine care.