"Four years I've wed; not one has pass'd in vain;
" Behold the fifth! behold a babe again!
"My wife's gay friends th' unwelcome imp admire,
" And fill the room with gratulation dire:
"While I in silence sate, revolving all
" That influence ancient men, or that befall;
"A gay pert guest — Heav'n knows his business — came;
" A glorious boy, he cried, and what the name?
"Angry I growl'd, — My spirit cease to tease,
" Name it yourselves, — Cain, Judas, if you please;
"His father's give him, — should you that explore,
" The devil's or yours: — I said, and sought the door
"My tender partner not a word or sigh
" Gives to my wrath, nor to my speech reply;
"But takes her comforts, triumphs in my pain,
" And looks undaunted for a birth again. "