I must not call her case a broken heart;
Nor dare I take upon me to maintain 110
That hearts once broken never heal again.”
She was an only daughter, one whose sire
Loved not that girls to knowledge should aspire;
But he had sons, and Ellen quickly caught
Whatever they were by their masters taught;
This when the father saw—“It is the turn
Of her strange mind,” said he, “but let her learn;