The suitors sinned, but with a fair excuse,
Whom all this elegance might well seduce;
Nor can our censure on the husband fall,
Who, for a wife so lovely, slew them all.
More verses by William Cowper
- Olney Hymn 49: True Pleasures
- Mortals! Around Your Destined Heads
- Olney Hymn 45: The Happy Change
- Olney Hymn 31: On The Death Of A Minister
- On Delia (Bid Adieu, My Sad Heart)