“Be cheer’d” she said—and bent to stay Jane’s tears,

And solac’d the dear girl with soothing pray’rs:

Then Jane, obedient to th’ impulsive move,

Arose and openly confess’d her love.

[210] Stars.

[211] Time.

[212] The sun.

[213] Aunt Toogood.

XII.

The following day, about th’ eleventh hour,