To some in power his troubles he confess’d,

And shares a parish-gift; at prayers he sees

The pious Dinah dropp’d upon her knees;

Thence as she walks the street with stately air

As chance directs, oft meet the parted pair;

When he, with thickset coat of badgeman’s blue,

Moves near her shaded silk of changeful hue;

When his thin locks of gray approach her braid,

A costly purchase made in Beauty’s aid;

When his frank air, and his unstudied pace,