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To fall'n deserted merit, she will have; And such security as should-be heirs, Who stand i' the way of younger, petted minions, Find in the house of an estranged sire, Her children will receive.—Alas, alas! The very bonds of soul-devoted love, That did so long entwine a husband's heart, For her own life the cord of execution Will surely prove.—Detested cruelty! But is it so? My head is all confusion, My heart all fire;—I know not what thou said'st.

Indeed, young kinsman, thou art now unfit To hold discourse on such a wayward subject. She whom thou lov'st so dearly as a brother, I as a mother do most truly love. Let this suffice thee, and retire awhile, For I expect Artina, and 't is meet She be not now overwhelm'd with thy distress. Ha! she is here already; tripping lightly With sparkling eyes, like any happy child, Who bears away the new-robb'd rock-bird's spoil.

Dear mother, look at this! such tints, such flowers!