How justice might be done to me,

On due reflection, thought it fit,

As things were order'd, to submit;

Told me, at present, to be quiet,

To seem content, nor breed a riot,

But when I truely crav'd a friend,

I knew the home of Dickey Bend;

Then with affection's warmth caress'd me,

And, with a parent's blessing, bless'd me.

"From that dear cottage now I mov'd,