From her small Parlor to her Garden came,
To see if John was coming from the Farm; }
To hear the Village Scholars’ glad Alarm, }
And to behold the Bees, if clustering for the Swarm. }
Such were the daily Cares in Mary’s life,
The easiest Mother and the happiest Wife. 50
TRAGIC TALES, WHY?
“I have observed,” said Richard, “when I ask
Of those around us, and your memory task
For their Adventures and their Lives, what fate,