“The tale proceeds, when first the Caliph found
That he was robb’d, although alone, he frown’d;
And swore in wrath that he would send the boy
Far from his notice, favour, or employ;
But gentler movements soothed his ruffled mind,
And his own failings taught him to be kind.
“Relenting thoughts then painted Osmyn young,
His passion urgent, and temptation strong;
And that he suffer’d from that villain-Spy
Pains worse than death, till he desired to die;