XII + 

Impatient, boiling o’er with wrath, + 

The bard his answer waits at home, + 

But lo! his braggart neighbour hath + 

Triumphant with the answer come. + 

Now for the jealous youth what joy! + 

He feared the criminal might try + 

To treat the matter as a jest, + 

Use subterfuge, and thus his breast + 

From the dread pistol turn away. + 

But now all doubt was set aside, + 

Unto the windmill he must ride + 

To-morrow before break of day, + 

To cock the pistol; barrel bend + 

On thigh or temple, friend on friend. + 