His parents laid in earth, no loss ensued

Of rights to him; but he remained well pleased,

By the pure bond of independent love,

An inmate of a second family;

The fellow-labourer and friend of him

To whom the small inheritance had fallen.

—Nor deem that his mild presence was a weight

That pressed upon his brother's house; for books

Were ready comrades whom he could not tire;

Of whose society the blameless Man