It teaches—Heaven knows only what it teaches,
But sometimes it may mend, and often reaches.
Her firs thought was to cut off Juan's head;
Her second, to cut only his—acquaintance;
Her third, to ask him where he had been bred;
Her fourth, to rally him into repentance;
Her fifth to call her maids and go to bed;
Her sixth, to stab herself; her seventh, to sentence