A maid of all work, whether coarse or fine,

A servant who made service seem divine!

Through her each room was fair to look upon;

The mirrors glistened, and the brasses shone,

The very knocker at the outer door,

If she but passed, was brighter than before."

Then came the strange marriage scene:

"Can this be Martha Hilton? It must be!

Yes, Martha Hilton, and no other she!

Dowered with the beauty of her twenty years,