Why then methinks ‘tis time to smile again. / O world, how apt the poor are to be proud! / If one should be a prey, how much better to fall before the lion than the wolf. / The clock upbraids me with the waste of time. / Be not afraid, good youth, I will not you. / And yet when wit and youth is come to harvest, / Your wife is like to reap a proper man. / There lies your way, due west.

Respuesta :

Although this question is incomplete, we can still analyze the lines to see what meaning we can derive from them.

These lines come from Act III, scene 1 of Twelfth Night, or What you Will. In these lines, Olivia is talking to "Cesario," a man she is in love with. However, unknown to her, "Cesario" is actually a woman in disguise, Viola. Before these lines were uttered by Olivia, she was trying to flirt with "Cesario," but she was rejected. In this lines, she expresses that she understands and respects this decision. She tells us that she will recover eventually, and that "Cesario" would one day make some woman very happy.