And one so manly; - on his graceful neck,
That chains of jewels may be proud to deck,
To a small mole a mother’s lips have press’d -
And there the cord - my breath is sore oppress’d.
“I now can speak again: - my elder boy
Was that year drown’d, - a seaman in a hoy:
He left a numerous race; of these would some
In their young troubles to my cottage come,
And these I taught - an humble teacher I -
Upon their heavenly Parent to rely.