Through all his Care his Self-denial too.
He wants, I said, some meek religious Guide,
And is forbid to seek him by his Pride.
In fact, my Husband had ere this address’d }
A meek good priest; he had in part confest }
His bosom’s wound, but had in part supprest. }
“I urged my Love.—‘Thy Love shall I requite
With endless Suffering?’ I maintain’d my Right
To what he said—the Right that Martyrs have
To lingering Torture and an early Grave. 210