And live more largely for my partner's sake."
With such their views, some thoughtful years they pass'd,
And hoping, dreading, they were bound at last.
And what their fate? Observe them as they go,
Comparing fear with fear and wo with wo.
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"Humphrey!" said Dawkins, "envy in my breast
Sickens to see thee in thy children bless'd;
They are thy joys, while I go grieving home
To a sad spouse, and our eternal gloom.