Who sees not that the too-ingenuous soul,

Repugnant even at a duty done

Which brought beneath too scrutinizing glare

The misdemeanors,—buried in the dark,—

Of the authors of her being, was believed,—

Stung to the quick at her impulsive deed,

And willing to repair what harm it worked,

She—wise in this beyond what Nero proved,

Who, when folk urged the candid juvenile

To sign the warrant, doom the guilty dead,