But urged the vengeance with a spirit strong,
As one whose own rose high against the wrong.
He saw his tenant by this passion moved,
Shared in his wrath, and his revenge approved.
Years now unseen, he mourn’d this tenant’s fate,
And wonder’d how he bore his widow’d state;
Still he would mention Ellis with the pride
Of one who felt himself to worth allied. 660
Such were his notions—had been long, but now
He wish’d to see if vengeance lived, and how;