That Sin about with him his punishment bears.
Yea his shadow will scare him, and make his heart quake,
If, instead of the right, he another path take.
He was scarcely concealed when a form the door darken'd.
Quick his eye to the keyhole was placed, while he hearken'd
Who it was to find out, when he felt a sharp bite
At his leg, which gave him such a terrible fright
That he near had rushed out, ere he found he had been
On the cat and her kittens a-tumbling in.
But a voice his attention that moment arrested—