Like his the priestly fee who pays.”

This curse on me the hermit laid,

Nor yet his tears and groans were stayed.

Then on the pyre their bodies cast

The pair; and straight to heaven they passed.

As in sad thought I pondered long

Back to my memory came the wrong

Done in wild youth, O lady dear,

When 'twas my boast to shoot by ear.

The deed has borne the fruit, which now