Who was to holy exercises true;
Who ne’er at morn. or evening pray’r, was found
To cast one carnal eye or thought around?
But ev’ry sense was calm, each wish was even,
And all her joy, and all her hope in Heav’n.
The tender maiden look’d again and sigh’d,
And to her mental mother thus reply’d:—
‘Prue, that you mention, as I’ve heard her say,
‘Was, in her younger days, entic’d away;
‘The strong temptation she could not withstand,