For joys, she said, “to her alone denied;”
And she was sure “her parents if alive
Would many comforts for their child contrive:”
The gentle Husband bade her name him one;
“No - that,” she answered, “should for her be done;
How could she say what pleasures were around?
But she was certain many might be found.”
“Would she some seaport, Weymouth, Scarborough, grace?” -
“He knew she hated every watering-place.”
“The town?” - “What! now ’twas empty, joyless, dull?”