To Hollybrand. (Ah! George had praised her so
That when she died most dreadful was the blow.)[197]
As then each Sunday morning came along
Jane heard the village-church bells go ding-dong,
(When her dear mother liv’d and stay’d at home)
And, with her father, forth would early roam
To pay their homage on the Sabbath day,
In God’s own house. The villagers would say
(Though with a sort of semi-jealous air)—
“That Jenny gain’d admirers everywhere:”