I fear you slept but ill, we kept you long,
You made us all so happy, but ’twas wrong—
So entertain’d, no wonder we forgot
How the time pass’d; I fear me you did not.”
In this fair way the Lady seldom fail’d 760
To steer her course, still sounding as she sail’d.
“Dear Captain Elliot, how your Friends you read!
We are a loving Family indeed;
Left in the world each other’s aid to be,
And join to raise a fallen family.