Can say 'I've come a cropper,' and the like,

And all through thee and he—and him, I mean—

But slips will happen at a time like this.

Canst wonder I am sad when thus I see

I am contemned amongst my chiefest knights?

When I am hinted at in public prints

As being a man who sold the people's race?

But think not, Goanveer, my matchless mare,

Thy lord has wholly lost his love for thee.

Yet must I leave thee to thy shame, for how