Shame—to behold the abject, low estate
On which with self-abasement they must look,
Without one plea defensive to abate
The wholesome rigour of thy stern rebuke;
Fear—at the dire results of crimes so great;
And that vile sloth, whose sight they cannot brook,
Affects them so, that they would rather die
Than wallow longer in its misery.
But place and time remaineth to them still
To make some slight atonement for this wrong;