To suit his crime.” - “Yes, lady, not his years; -
No! nor his sufferings - nor that form decay’d.”
“Well! let the parish give its paupers aid:
You must the vileness of his acts allow.” -
“And you, dear lady, that he feels it now.”
“When such dissemblers on their deeds reflect,
Can they the pity they refused expect?
He that doth evil, evil shall he dread.” -
“The snow,” quoth Susan, “falls upon his bed -
It blows beside the thatch - it melts upon his head.”