The Squire and his Forefathers flourished here. 20
Long had the last with his good Lady kept
Their Wedding-vow, together walked and slept,
And were a loving, grave, Church-going Pair;
Howbeit, Heaven vouchsafed them not an Heir.
“But Oh! the sad Events of Mortal Life!
The Squire in ripe old age forgot his Wife;
Forgot the Sayings of the Law divine,
And took an Harlot for his Concubine.
From thence, O stranger! we may date his Fall;