He there his time? and was he glad he went?”

At length a letter came, both cool and brief,

But still it gave the burden’d heart relief:

Though not inspired by lofty hopes, the youth

Placed much reliance on Lord Frederick’s truth;

Summon’d to town, he thought the visit one

Where something fair and friendly would be done;

Although he judged not, as before his fall,

When all was love and promise at the hall.

Arrived in town, he early sought to know