Sorrows of Werther William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–63) WERTHER had a love for Charlotte  Such as words could never utter; Would you know how first he met her?  She was cutting bread and butter. Charlotte was a married lady, 5  And a moral man was Werther, And for all the wealth of Indies  Would do nothing for to hurt her. So he sigh’d and pin’d and ogled,  And his passion boil’d and bubbled, 10 Till he blew his silly brains out,  And no more was by it troubled. Charlotte, having seen his body  Borne before her on a shutter, Like a well-conducted person, 15  Went on cutting bread and butter.
William Makepeace Thackeray
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