And children of their parents ’reft,
Now orphans to the world are left!
But there are some, I hope, more blest
Than when they were the bidden guest:
Turning to those scenes with pride—
Where[23] he met his future bride;
Or where her lover first she saw,
When saffron flushes mark’d her brow.
Since then—great changes have been wrought,
And many a thoughtless stripling taught