But stern was George:—"Let them who had thee strong,

Help thee to drag thy weaken'd frame along;

To us a stranger, while your limbs would move,

From us depart and try a stranger's love:—

Ha! dost thou murmur?"—for, in Roger's throat,

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Was "Rascal!" rising with disdainful note.

To pious James he then his prayer address'd;—

"Good lack," quoth James, "thy sorrows pierce my breast;

And, had I wealth, as have my brethren twain,