But should judge from plain facts, as more law-like and clever.
So I'll hear all you have, sir, to say in defence
Of what seems to these ladies a serious offence."
Now, between you and I, the good Abbot enjoys
This dispute quite as much as a child does his toys;
And his eyes wander oft to the beautiful maid,
To whose cause he inclines, I am sadly afraid.
And so too you would feel if your heart be not stone,
Though, like him, p'rhaps the feeling you'd not care to own.
Still I'm sure your compassion would so far arise,