But thou, preserv’d by ruling heaven’s decree,
A fairer, happier fate attends on thee;
Thine be a life of honourable ease,
Still pleas’d and tranquil, as secure to please,
The duteous children, the unblemish’d wife,
And all the dear regards of social life;
And in thy tranquil days serene decline;
The peace of conscious rectitude be thine.
MATILDA.
Montreal.