And jealousy, the jaundice of the soul;

Revenge, the bloody minister of ill,

With all the lean tormentors of the will.

'Twas easy now to guess from whence arose

Her new-made union with her ancient foes;

Her forced civilities, her faint embrace,

Affected kindness, with an altered face;

Yet durst she not too deeply probe the wound,

As hoping still the nobler parts were sound;

But strove with anodynes to assuage the smart,