Who was the queen then? Ah! your rank and wealth,
Your pearls and splendors—what did they avail
Against the sharp stiletto's little point?
You should have thought of that before you dared—
You had all the world beside—to steal
The only treasure that the Roman girl e'er had.
You will not smile again as then you smiled.
Thank God, you'll never smile again for him!
I was avenged, avenged, until I saw
The dreadful look he gave me as he turned