Were happy spite of wind and weather.

One day I asked a friend to dine,

The friend I most completely trusted.

We sat and chatted o'er the wine,

He liked the port—my fine old crusted.

At length we said "Good-night." He went

But not alone. For to my sorrow

My mind with jealousy was rent,

To find you missing on the morrow.

You had eloped! Yet all the same