And trifling sums in his amusements spent; }
He bought, he thought, for her—she should have been content. }
Oft, when he cash received at Smithfield mart,
At Cranbourn-alley he would leave a part;
And, if to town he follow’d what he sold,
Sure was his wife a present to behold.
Still, when his evenings at the inn were spent, 530
She mused at home in sullen discontent;
And, sighing, yielded to a wish that some
With social spirit to the farm would come.