To a Lady, XXXIV

Ha—ha! Ha—ha! ’twas a hollow jeer; And it broke like a thunder-clap, right in my ear, And just when I thought not a whisper was near, It burst like a trumpet beside me: And it deafen’d my hearing, with deafness that rung, And I knew ’twas a black and a damned tongue, That had laugh’d such a laugh to deride me.