But gaining faith—through pray’r, he found relief.
He taught his darling with a father’s care
To spell, to read, to write; to be aware
Of certain youths; who, from the village, found,
Their way unto the cottage-hallow’d ground.
[159] Corn.
[160] Inner room.
II.
About this thatch-roof’d dwelling, so remote,
A blackbird chirped from its tiny throat