1-2. Listen to what I am saying;that is all the comfort I ask from you.
3. Give me a chance to speak and then,when I am through, sneer if you like.
4. My quarrel is not with mortals;I have good reason to be impatient.
5. Look at me. Isn't that enoughto make you stare in shocked silence?
6. When I think of what has happened to me,I am stunned, and I tremble and shake.
23-24. Some people stay healthy till the day they die;they die happy and at ease,their bodies well nourished.