VERTUMNUS _and_ PALEMON _sing the following dialogue_:--

VERTUMNUS.
Yield, yield, ye beauties stern,
To sigh 'tis now your turn!

PALEMON.
See you, the queen above,
She comes to breathe soft love!

VERTUMNUS.
A fair one stern for aye
Ne'er wins a faithful sigh!

PALEMON.
To woo has beauty arms,
But gentleness has greater charms.

BOTH (_together_).
To woo has beauty arms;
But gentleness has greater charms,

VERTUMNUS.
Seek not your hearts to shield;
To pine is law, and ye must yield.

PALEMON.
Is aught more worthless born
Than hearts that love will scorn?