The news soon reach’d her, and she then replied
In his own manner—“I am satisfied!”
To her a lover’s legacy is paid, 330
The darling wealth of the devoted maid;
From this her best and favourite books she buys,
From this are doled the favourite charities;
And when a tale or face affects her heart,
This is the fund that must relief impart.
Such have the ten last years of Ellen been!
Her very last that sunken eye has seen!