VIII + 

“Ah, beauteous mortal!” “Hush!” quoth Coralline, + 

“Really you must not talk of him indeed.” + 

“You hush!” replied the mistress, with a shine + 

Of anger in her eyes, enough to breed + 

In stouter hearts than nurse’s fear and dread: + 

’Twas not the glance itself made nursey flinch, + 

But of its threat she took the utmost heed; + 

Not liking in her heart an hour-long pinch, + 

Or a sharp needle run into her back an inch. + 