To remit this extortionate “duty”;
But he answered: “My dear, pray reflect at your leisure,
What you deem a ‘duty,’ to me is a pleasure!”
At the heart of her spouse she continued to storm,
And she closed her entreaties, one day, by exclaiming:—
“If you take off the tax, I will gladly perform
Any task that you like to be naming!”
“Well, if that be the case,” said the nobleman, “I’ve a
Good mind just to test you, my Lady Godiva!
“To your wishes, my dear, I will straight acquiesce,