And by and by the people, when they met In twos and threes, or fuller companies, Began to scoff and jeer and babble of him As of a prince whose manhood was all gone, And molten down in mere uxoriousness.   anvd [Please select]

Then, like a shadow, past the people's talk And accusation of uxoriousness Across her mind, and bowing over him, Low to her own heart piteously she said: "O noble breast and all-puissant arms, Am I the cause, I the poor cause that men Reproach you, saying all your force is gone."   anvd [Please select]