And Heav’n, perhaps, might yet enrich her friend.

Month after month was pass’d, and all were spent

In quiet comfort, and in rich content;

Miseries there were, and woes the world around,

But these had not her pleasant dwelling found;

She knew that mothers grieved, and widows wept,

And she was sorry, said her prayers, and slept:

Thus passed the seasons, and to Dinah’s board

Gave what the seasons to the rich afford;

For she indulged, nor was her heart so small,