"Oh, True. St. Lawrence! Oh, can it be
That you do really care for me?
I, who have lived by a false name
To hide a step-mother's wicked shame?
"For five long years my name has been
(As you directly would have seen),
Not Sadie W., as you have known,
But the Sadie changed to plain Salome.
"The Waddington I changed, also,
For the common name of Van Harlow;
Then among strangers I did seek
For work to do, although 'twas meek.
"I came across the ocean wide,
As servant to a new-made bride;
She was taken sick and died out here
Before she'd been a bride a year.
"Since then I've cared for poor and sick,
And cannot leave them now, so quick.
I patients have who must have care
Before I leave for better fare.