No—he was still the same—her gallant boy!
Labour had made her coarse, and her attire
Show’d that she wanted no one to admire;
None to commend her; but she could conceive
The same of him, as when he took his leave, 80
And gaily told what riches he would bring,
And grace her hand with the symbolic ring.
“With want and labour was her mind subdued;
She lived in sorrow and in solitude.
Religious neighbours, kindly calling, found