Let my life end and degradation too!"

"Good!" he smiles, "true Lord Byron!" 'Tree and rock:

Rock,'—there's advancement! He's at first a youth,

Rich, worthless therefore; next he grows a priest:

Youth, riches prove a notable resource,

When to leave me for their possessor gluts

Malice abundantly; and now, last change,

The young rich parson represents a rock

—Bloodstone, no doubt. He's Evangelical?

Your Ritualists prefer the Church for spouse!"