Was accidental, but it was not lost.
“Ah! my good Friend, be sure such things as these
Suit well enough a man who lives at ease.
Think what ‘The Betsy’ cost, and think the shock
Of losing her upon the Dodder-Rock!
The tidings reach’d me on the very day
That villain robb’d us, and then ran away.
Loss upon loss! now if”——
“Do stay a bit;” 230
Exclaim’d the Squire, “these matters hardly fit