English poem
Ii
by Thomas Hardy
And the Spirits behind the curtains heard, And also laughed, amused at her word, And at her light-hearted view of him. “Let’s get him made so—just for a whim!” Said the Phantom Ironic. “’Twould serve her right If we coaxed the Will to do it some night.” “O pray not!” pleaded the younger one, The Sprite of the Pities. “She said it in fun!”