And this their mournful life continued long
Without a change, unless when some new day
Brought with it some new insult or new wrong,
Sharp taunt or scorn, which they might not gainsay
Nor seem to feel; which, if one did repay
With but an angry look, he then would find
That there was worse and keener wrong behind.
XLII.
But, oh! what gladness was it when they met,