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ook the liberty to alter it, somewhat nearer to my case. I hope I did not sin in it; but thus I turned it: I. When sad I sat in B----n Hall, All guarded round about, And thought of ev'ry absent friend, The tears for grief burst out. II. My joys and hopes all overthrown, My heart-strings almost broke, Unfit my mind for melody, Much more to bear a joke. III. Then she to whom I pris'ner was, Said to me, tauntingly, Now cheer your heart, and sing a song And tune your mind to joy. IV. Alas! said I, how can I frame My heavy heart to sing, Or tune my mind, while thus enthrall'd By such a wicked thing! V. But yet, if from my innocence I, ev'n in thought, should slide, Then let my fingers quite forget The sweet spinnet to guide. VI. And let my tongue within my mouth Be lock'd for ever fast, If I rejoice, before I see My full deliv'rance past. VII. And thou, Almighty, recompense The evils I endure, From those who seek my sad disgrace, So causeless, to procure. VIII. Remember, Lord, this Mrs. Jewkes, When, with a mighty sound, She cries, Down with her chastity, Down to the very ground! IX. Ev'n so shalt thou, O wicked one! At length to shame be brought, And happy shall all those be call'd That my deliv'rance wrought. X. Yea, blessed shall the man be called That shames thee of thy evil, And saves me from thy vile attempts, And thee, too, from the D---l. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. I write now with a little more liking, though less opportunity, because Mr. Williams has got a large parcel of my papers, safe in his hands, to send them to you, as he has opportunity; so I am not quite uselessly employed: and I am delivered besides, from the fear of their being found, if I should be searched, or discovered. I have been permitted to take an airing, five or six miles, with Mrs. Jewkes: But, though I know not the reason, she watches me more closely than ever; so that we have discontinued, by consent, for these three days, the sunflower correspondence. The poor cook-maid has had a bad mischance; for she has been hurt much by a bull in the pasture, by the side of the garden, not far from the back-door. Now this pasture I am
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