I have," said he, "heard said, and long ago,
There may no man have two perfect blisses,
That is to say, on earth and then in Heaven.
For though he keeps from the seven deadly sins
And, too, from every branch of that same tree,
Yet is there so complete felicity
And such great pleasure in the married state
That I am fearful, since it comes so late,
That I shall lead so merry and fine a life,
And so delicious, without woe and strife,
That I shall have my heaven on earth here.