Th’ attendant-maiden he dismiss’d—for why?
She might on him and love like his rely;
She needed none to form her children’s mind—
That duty nature to her care assign’d.
In vain she mourn’d, it was her health he prized,
And hence enforced the measures he advised;
She wanted air; and walking, she was told,
Was safe, was pleasant!—he the carriage sold;
He found a tenant who agreed to take
The boat and cottage on the useless lake; 270