Woman's companionship, dependence, love,
Are like the air to fire:—the smouldering flame
Of genius, once aroused, sweeps doubts away,
And brightens hope, till victory is won.
MARGRAVE.
'Twas thus with Bolton. To his keeping given
The weal of one so dear—then he bore on,
Gathering from disappointments fruitful strength,
As winter's snows prepare the earth for harvest.
And when his angel wife was taken from him,