The hope deceived, the soul dissatisfied,

Home without love, and privacy from which

Delight was banish’d first, and peace too soon

Departed. Was it strange that when he met

A heart attuned, ... a spirit like his own,

Of lofty pitch, yet in affection mild,

And tender as a youthful mother’s joy, ...

Oh was it strange if at such sympathy

The feelings which within his breast repell’d

And chill’d had shrunk, should open forth like flowers