Besides the message George had left behind
To comfort and appease his daughter’s mind,
Her sorrow’d countenance lit up anew,
Her placid cheeks regain’d their healthful hue;
And she became composed: yet the alloy—
Suspense combined with deep anxiety
(Those dubious moments which must intervene
Before her father could reach home again),—
Compell’d poor Jane to shed a transient tear,
And to extemporise a passing prayer.