On early subjects—what they once had felt,
Once thought, of things mysterious:—themes that all
With some degree of reverence recall.
George then reverted to the days of old,
When his heart fainted, and his hope was cold;
When by the power of fancy he was sway’d,
And every impulse of the mind obey’d.
“Then, my dear Richard,” said the ‘Squire, “my case
Was call’d consumptive—I must seek a place 10
And soil salubrious, thither must repair,