Then first repentance seized the amorous man,
And - shame on love! - he reason’d and he ran;
The thoughtful Romeo trembled for his purse,
And the sad sounds, “for better and for worse.”
Yet could the Lover not so far withdraw,
But he was haunted both by Love and Law;
Now Law dismay’d him as he view’d its fangs,
Now Pity seized him for his Juliet’s pangs;
Then thoughts of justice and some dread of jail,
Where all would blame him, and where none might bail;