Unknown before, his vengeance bless’d the boy—
“To him I dare confide a cause so just;
Love him she may—O! could I say, she must!”
Thus fix’d, he more than usual kindness show’d,
Nor let the captain name the debt he owed; 270
But when he spoke of gratitude, exclaim’d,
“My dearest Morden! make me not ashamed;
Each for a friend should do the best he can,
The most obliged is the obliging man;
But if you wish to give as well as take,