Spin, spin, Clotho, spin'! 



Lachesis, twist 1 and Atropos, sever! 

 Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, 



But only God endures forever! 



Villa Franca. 



Who is the happy husband? He 

 Who, scanning his unwedded life, 



Thanks Heaven, with a conscience free, 

 'Twas faithful to his future wife. 



COVENTRY PATMORE. 



