And will be happy to exert her power,
In every eye, in thine, at every hour.
Then wilt thou bluster - “No! I will not rest,
And see consumed each shilling of my chest:”
Thou wilt be valiant - “When thy cousins call,
I will abuse and shut my door on all:”
Thou wilt be cruel! - “What the law allows,
That be thy portion, my ungrateful spouse!
Nor other shillings shalt thou then receive;
And when I die - What! may I this believe?