XII + 

And they had fix’d the wedding-day, + 

The morning that must wed them both; + 

But Stephen to another Maid + 

Had sworn another oath; + 

And with this other Maid to church + 

Unthinking Stephen went⁠— + 

Poor Martha! on that woeful day + 

A cruel, cruel fire, they say, + 

Into her bones was sent: + 

It dried her body like a cinder, + 

And almost turned her brain to tinder. + 