Rebuke

“MAIDEN! hast thou seen my steed?” ‘Faithless one! not I, indeed! But I heard that thou hadst tied him To the mountain-maple tree; When a stranger pass’d beside him, Full of scorn and rage was he: With his hoofs the ground he beat; Of his master’s guilt he knew. Not one maiden did he cheat: No; that master cheated two: One has borne a wretched child; One with grief and shame is wild!’