Belovèd Wife! such solace to impart,

As it hath yielded to thy tender heart.


FOOTNOTES:

[S] Another version of this stanza follows:—

But like a wreath, composed of bud and bell,

Spring's flowery garland, in a whirlwind caught,

Or like the warblings of a sea-nymph's shell

When the distempered air with storms is fraught;

Those pleasures vanished from our rustic cell,