Many a man of guile will clamor yet,

Bid you redress his grievance,—as he clutched

The prey, forsooth a stranger stepped between,

And there 's the good gripe in pure waste! My part

Is done; i' the doing it, I pass away

Out of the world. I want no more with earth.

Let me, in heaven's name, use the very snuff

O' the taper in one last spark shall show truth

For a moment, show Pompilia who was true!

Not for her sake, but yours: if she is dead,