But, on the whole, they were a happy pair,

As happy as unlawful love could make them;

The gentleman was fond, the lady fair,

Their chains so slight, 'twas not worth while to break them:

The World beheld them with indulgent air;

The pious only wished "the Devil take them!"

He took them not; he very often waits,

And leaves old sinners to be young ones' baits.