“Thus had I written—so a friend advised,
Whom as the first of counsellors I prized;
The best of guides to my assuming pen,
The best of fathers, husbands, judges, men.
‘This will he read,’ I said, ‘and I shall hear }
Opinion wise, instructive, mild, sincere; }
For I that mind respect, for I the man revere.’ }
“I had no boding fear, but thought to see
Those who were thine, who look’d for all to thee;
And thou wert all! there was, when thou wert by, 10