Yet with this tale at last must make reply:—
“The head of Seid his comrade struck one day—
Seid meant the blow in earnest to repay;
But then the striker—‘Pardon, friend, the blow—
I am inquiring, and two things would know:
See, when my hand did on your head alight,
Straight various bruises there appeared in sight.
Now, prithee, give me a reply to this,
If head or hand their ultimate cause is?
And if you really do with them agree