Exiled from all that is happy and good,

Caress'd by a hand that is stain'd with blood.

Your innocent face shall never be kiss'd

By him who his Heaven and Hope has miss'd!

I suffer for sin, as I ought to do;

But, my darling, it shall not fall on you.

'I am safely hous'd by a faithful friend,

And the letter I write his hands will send;

I'm at Clarendon Crescent, Liverpool

(I've told you, Love, of the dear old school);