"You are guilty, you sinner!" the stern Abbot cried;
"Your confusion betrays you! Now don't try to hide
Your wickedness more, for I shall not believe
A word that you say, as you've tried to deceive."
Then the poor friar thought
That for pardon he sought,
But the Abbot appeared not to hear,
When he swooned right away,
And insensible lay,
Overcome with remorse or with fear.