The world has cycles in its course, when all + 

That once has been, is acted o’er again:⁠— + 

Not by some fated law, which need appal + 

Our faith, or binds our deeds as with a chain; + 

But by men’s separate sins, which blended still + 

The same bad round fulfil. + 

Then fear ye not, though Gallio’s scorn ye see, + 

And soft-clad nobles count you mad, true hearts! + 

These are the fig-tree’s signs;⁠—rough deeds must be, + 

Trials and crimes: so learn ye well your parts. + 

Once more to plough the earth it is decreed, + 

And scatter wide the seed. + 