For Riley gore, alas! with pain I tell,
But Riley is behaving far from well.
Cara.—
What has he done?
King.—
I’ll tell you by-and-by.
But ’twon’t avail, for Riley’s doomed to die.
Cara.—
Oh, father dear, have pity! Oh, be kind,—
With Ebenezer’s fortune I’m entwined.