And see her waste away from this day forth,

Two scathèd things with leisure to repent,

And grow acquainted with the grave, and die

Tired out if not at peace, and be forgotten?

It were not so impossible to bear.

But this—that, fresh from last night's pledge renewed

Of love with the successful gallant there,

She calmly bids me help her to entice,

Inveigle an unconscious trusting youth

Who thinks her all that's chaste and good and pure,