Still thought the Wife upon her absent friend,
With all that must upon her truth depend.
“ There is no being in the world beside
Who can discover what that friend will hide:
Who knew the fact, knew not my name or state,
Who these can tell cannot the fact relate;
But thou, Eliza, canst the whole impart,
And all my safety is thy generous heart.”
Mix’d with these fears - but light and transient these -
Fled years of peace, prosperity, and ease;