As served to freshen up its sleeping surface,

But not to stir its depths. Ah, dangerous

To warm the viper, or, for idle sport,

Trust to the treacherous sea—sooner or later

They turn upon us; so these jealousies

I liked to toy with first turn’d upon me;

When suddenly a rich young cavalier,

Well graced with all that does and ought to please,

(For I would not revenge me with my tongue

Upon his name, but with my sword in’s blood,)