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