1. Your brother is the one whose affection, if time spoils it,

    you gently seek to restore, so it is set right,

  2. without forsaking him to seek a new companion’s affection—

    one you may find more disloyal and unjust.

  3. And my treatment of an ailment I already know—

    gently tending what I treat within me, so I may be safe—

  4. is surely easier than treating an unfamiliar ailment,

    a sickness I have never encountered before.

Sol 6.1