She who such dread deed hath done!

Two spotless souls I’ve rent asunder,

Whom heav’n would fain have joined in one!’

GREEN VINE LEAVES; OR, THE KING’S SLIPPER

Fresh green vine leaves hath the vineyard,

There found I grapes both fine and sweet;

So ripe are they—so highly colour’d—

They are saying ‘come and eat.’

—‘I wish to know who ’tis that guards them: