This done, the lady paused, and then replied—
It grieves me much to see your spirit tried;—
But she was like me—how I came to know
The lamb that stray’d I will hereafter show.—
We were indeed as sisters——Should I state
Her quiet end, you would no longer hate; 670
I see your heart—and I shall quickly prove,
Though she deserved not, yet she priced your love:
Long as she breathed was heard her William’s name—
And such affection half absolves her shame.