“Was old, was rich, and childless yet remain’d;
Would some young Booth to his affairs attend,
And wait awhile, he might expect a friend.”
The elder brothers, who were not in love,
Fear’d the false seas, unwilling to remove;
But the young Allen, an enamour’d boy,
Eager an independence to enjoy,
Would through all perils seek it, - by the sea, -
Through labour, danger, pain, or slavery.
The faithful Judith his design approved,