Knelt down again, bent head, adapted neck,
And, with the name of Jesus on his lips,
Received the fatal blow.
"The headsman showed
The head to the populace. Must I avouch
We strangers own to disappointment here?
Report pronounced him fully six feet high,
Youngish, considering his fifty years,
And, if not handsome, dignified at least.
Indeed, it was no face to please a wife!