Each new epistle borne across the main
Brought tidings of increasing love for Jane,—
Entreating her, “Be constant; for my sake
Shun company,—at least, take care to make
Acquaintance only with my choicest friends;
Be chaste, for chastity with virtue blends:
Thy tutors, dearest, write me pleasing notes,—
Such as I send thee now;” so, on he quotes—
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And naturally felt—if half of this were truth—