And ever after so discomforted,
The luncheon-bell invited forth the guest—
To be partakers of the mid-day feast:
Such food and drinkables meet for the hour
Were attributes most welcome, since the tour
Occasion’d such exertion to obtain
The much desired shelter from the rain:
Thus then refresh’d, retiring to her room
Jane penn’d her first epistle to th’ old home;
(Ah me! how sweet “th’ old home” falls on the ear