“A moody morning!” with a careless air
Replied the wife—“Why counsel me to prayer? 330
I think the lord and teacher of a school
Should pray himself, and keep his temper cool.”
Calm grew the husband when the wife was gone—
“The game,” said he, “is never lost till won.
’Tis true, the rebels fly their proper home,
They come not nigh, because they fear to come;
And for my purpose fear will doubtless prove
Of more importance and effect than love.—