Nor sought he favour now—No! he would meet his doom. }

“Farewell! and, Madam, I beseech you pray

That this sad spirit soon may pass away;

That sword or ball would to the dust restore

This body, that the soul may grieve no more

For love rejected——O! that I could quit

The life I lothe, who am for nothing fit,

No, not to die!”——“Unhappy, wilt thou make 780

The house all wretched for thy passion’s sake?

And most its grieving object?”—