Of wounds or fevers - this has done the deed.”
The lady fainted, and the husband sent
For every aid - for every comfort went;
Strong terror seized him: “Oh! she loved so well,
And who th’ effect of tenderness could tell?”
She now recover’d, and again began
With accent querulous - “Ah! cruel man!”
Till the sad husband, conscience-struck, confess’d,
’Twas very wicked with his friend to jest;
For now he saw that those who were obey’d,