When remedies are past, the griefs are ended 232 By seeing the worst, which late on hopes depended. 233 To mourn a mischief that is past and gone 234 Is the next way to draw new mischief on. 235 What cannot be preserved when fortune takes, 236 Patience her injury a mock’ry makes. 237 The robbed that smiles steals something from the 238 thief; 239 He robs himself that spends a bootless grief. 240
