TALE X.
THE ANCIENT MANSION.
I.
To part is painful; nay, to bid adieu
Ev’n to a favourite spot is painful too.
That fine old Seat, with all those oaks around, }
Oft have I view’d with reverence so profound, }
As something sacred dwelt in that delicious ground. }
There, with its tenantry about, reside
A genuine English race, the country’s pride;
And now a Lady, last of all that race,