No! to my father’s house will I repair,

And make your idle wealth support me there.

Was it your wish to have an humble bride,

For bondage thankful? Curse upon your pride!

Was it a slave you wanted? You shall see,

That, if not happy, I at least am free:

Well, sir! your answer.” - Silent stood the ’Squire,

As looks a miser at his house on fire;

Where all he deems is vanish’d in that flame,

Swept from the earth his substance and his name,