And wip’d away her tears.

THE
UNFORTUNATE RAMBLER.

LATE on an evening I chanced to roam,

The night it was dark, and the streets they were dirty;

It was to attend the lov’d Celia home,

Engag’d in a company jovial and hearty.

I instantly hasten’d to put on my shield,

The shield of indiff’rence, perhaps you may know it;

Appriz’d of the danger attending the field,