XX + 

So said, one minute’s while his eyes remain’d + 

Half lidded, piteous, languid, innocent; + 

But, in a wink, their splendour they regain’d, + 

Sparkling revenge with amorous fury blent. + 

Love thwarted in bad temper oft has vent: + 

He rose, he stampt his foot, he rang the bell, + 

And order’d some death-warrants to be sent + 

For signature:⁠—somewhere the tempest fell, + 

As many a poor fellow does not live to tell. + 