Till unendurable it grew.
"To stop this persecution sore
I will consult my friend Carew.
"And when Carew's advice I've got,
Divorce a mensâ I shall try.'"
(A legal separation—not
A vinculo conjugii.)
"O Baines Carew, my woe I've kept
A secret hitherto, you know;"—
(And Baines Carew, Esquire, he wept