But in the hope to balm thy wo,

And point thee to that Mercy-seat,

Where penitence and pardon meet.

Heaven comfort thee, poor girl!”

——“And may

That Heaven thy words with blessings pay!

Stranger, all guilty as I seem,

Do not too harshly of me deem.

’Tis long since pitying word or look

To me were given—scorn I could brook;