Th’ engagements sworn to him by sugarsome tooth?[205]
If absence of his came from truancy’s pranks,
You’ve set your forgetfulness ’gainst his sin’s ranks.
The ills you inflict out of spite and disdain
Are sweet to your lover, he does not complain.
Your petulance prized is beyond fairy gifts;
Your vengeance most dear is; his hope it uplifts.20
No soul can imagine what pleasure is felt,
Or grace seen, in all the fell blows you have dealt.
Your wrath is thus sweet; how much more so your grace!