Him I judge now,—of him proceed to note,

Failing the first, a second chance befriends

Guido, gives pause ere punishment arrive.

The law he called, comes, hears, adjudicates,

Nor does amiss i' the main,—secludes the wife

From the husband, respites the oppressed one, grants

Probation to the oppressor, could he know

The mercy of a minute's fiery purge!

The furnace-coals alike of public scorn,

Private remorse, heaped glowing on his head,