The Bedevilled Man

"A man will give up everything for his life," Said one man in a book I once read. That man was married to a foolish and wicked wife, Who desired that he should meet his end. "Are you still holding on to your integrity?" She asked. "You are talking like a foolish woman." He replied. For He was bedeviled with pains by a fiend; Despite that, he didn't at all utter a single sinful word. This man was also very unfortunate and wretched; For he had three unsympathetics for friends. "May the day of my birth perish." He cursed; Because no one could heal his pains, not even his friends. He cursed and cursed the day of his birth again, That day: may it turn to darkness, And may God above not care about it again. Upon it, let there be murk and blackness. Oh! how terrible it was for that man. Fame and fortune were once his friends, But all things for him are now vain. Foolish wife, lost wealth, bad health, unsympathetic friends.