With sense of all he felt, and they bestow’d.
He spake of every office, great or small, }
Within, without, and spake with praise of all— }
So pass’d the happy Boy that Day at Silford Hall. }
TALE II.
THE FAMILY OF LOVE.
In a large town, a wealthy, thriving place,
Where hopes of gain excite an anxious race;
Which dark, dense wreaths of cloudy volumes cloak,
And mark, for leagues around, the place of smoke;
Where fire to water lends its powerful aid,