As oft, in dreams, he saw the little cot,
Wherein he trusted there did still remain
Whom he would call (and hoped) his “virgin Jane.”
XVI.
It happen’d now, when fifteen years had flown,
That Arnold’s parents, both were—dead and gone!
And he became sole master of his own,—
Inheritor of all his father’s wealth.
Thus then, the son, being dubious of his health,
Bethought himself—to England I’ll return;