Of all the heretical and lawless talk Which brought this judgment. So the youth was seized And cast into that hole. My husband's father He always doted on the youth, and now MARIA. 'Tis a sweet tale : Such as would lull a listening child to sleep, And what became of him? FOSTER-MOTHER. : He went on ship-board, With those bold voyagers who made discovery Of golden lands. Leoni's youngest brother Soon after they arrived in that new world, And ne'er was heard of more; but 'tis supposed, He lived and died among the savage men. WHEN I have borne in memory what has tamed Great nations, how ennobling thoughts depart I had, my country! Am I to be blamed? Verily, in the bottom of my heart, Of those unfilial fears I am ashamed. But dearly must we prize thee; we who find In thee a bulwark of the cause of men; And I by my affection was beguiled. What wonder if a poet, now and then, Among the many movements of his mind, Felt for thee as a Lover or a Child. WORDSWORTH. |