Above the dim vapors of hell—

Bent on self-sanctifying—

That she never thought of trying

To save her husband as well.

And while she was duly elected

For a place in the heavenly roll,[562]

I (brute[563] that I was!) suspected

Her manner[564] of saving her soul.

So half for the fun of the thing,

What did I (blasphemer![565]) but fling