And, first forbidding, next received them sought. }
Seldom the Boys their fairy Mistress met;
The Mother sigh’d and lov’d retirement yet;
Nor could she part with the consoling Aid,
But purchas’d Help to teach the willing Maid.
Joy of her House, the Child sustained her part, 740
And won from woe severe the wounded Heart.
The good old Man, to Heav’n’s will resign’d,
With Faith and Hope sustain’d his modest Mind.
Time and Reflection had their sure Success,