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THE FRANK COURTSHIP	A
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Grave Jonas Kindred Sybil Kindred's sire	B
Was six feet high and look'd six inches higher	B
Erect morose determined solemn slow	C
Who knew the man could never cease to know	C
His faithful spouse when Jonas was not by	D
Had a firm presence and a steady eye	D
But with her husband dropp'd her look and tone	E
And Jonas ruled unquestion'd and alone	E
He read and oft would quote the sacred words	F
How pious husbands of their wives were lords	G
Sarah called Abraham Lord and who could be	H
So Jonas thought a greater man than he	H
Himself he view'd with undisguised respect	I
And never pardon'd freedom or neglect	I
They had one daughter and this favourite child	J
Had oft the father of his spleen beguiled	J
Soothed by attention from her early years	K
She gained all wishes by her smiles or tears	L
But Sybil then was in that playful time	M
When contradiction is not held a crime	M
When parents yield their children idle praise	N
For faults corrected in their after days	N
Peace in the sober house of Jonas dwelt	O
Where each his duty and his station felt	O
Yet not that peace some favour'd mortals find	P
In equal views and harmony of mind	P
Not the soft peace that blesses those who love	Q
Where all with one consent in union move	R
But it was that which one superior will	S
Commands by making all inferiors still	S
Who bids all murmurs all objections cease	T
And with imperious voice announces Peace	T
They were to wit a remnant of that crew	U
Who as their foes maintain their Sovereign slew	U
An independent race precise correct	I
Who ever married in the kindred sect	I
No son or daughter of their order wed	V
A friend to England's king who lost his head	V
Cromwell was still their Saint and when they met	W
They mourn'd that Saints were not our rulers yet	W
Fix'd were their habits they arose betimes	T
Then pray'd their hour and sang their party	H
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rhymes	T
Their meals were plenteous regular and plain	X
The trade of Jonas brought him constant gain	X
Vender of hops and malt of coals and corn	Y
And like his father he was merchant born	Y
Neat was their house each table chair and stool	Z
Stood in its place or moving moved by rule	Z
No lively print or picture graced the room	A2
A plain brown paper lent its decent gloom	A2
But here the eye in glancing round survey'd	B2
A small recess that seem'd for china made	B2
Such pleasing pictures seem'd this pencill'd ware	C2
That few would search for nobler objects there	C2
Yet turn'd by chosen friends and there appear'd	D2
His stern strong features whom they all revered	D2
For there in lofty air was seen to stand	E2
The bold Protector of the conquer'd land	E2
Drawn in that look with which he wept and swore	F2
Turn'd out the Members and made fast the door	F2
Ridding the House of every knave and drone	E
Forced though it grieved his soul to rule alone	E
The stern still smile each friend approving gave	G2
Then turn'd the view and all again were grave	G2
There stood a clock though small the owner's	T
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need	H2
For habit told when all things should proceed	H2
Few their amusements but when friends appear'd	D2
They with the world's distress their spirits	T
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cheer'd	D2
The nation's guilt that would not long endure	I2
The reign of men so modest and so pure	I2
Their town was large and seldom pass'd a day	J2
But some had fail'd and others gone astray	J2
Clerks had absconded wives eloped girls flown	E
To Gretna Green or sons rebellious grown	E
Quarrels and fires arose and it was plain	X
The times were bad the Saints had ceased to reign	X
A few yet lived to languish and to mourn	Y
For good old manners never to return	K2
Jonas had sisters and of these was one	L2
Who lost a husband and an only son	L2
Twelve months her sables she in sorrow wore	F2
And mourn'd so long that she could mourn no more	F2
Distant from Jonas and from all her race	T
She now resided in a lively place	T
There by the sect unseen at whist she play'd	B2
Nor was of churchman or their church afraid	B2
If much of this the graver brother heard	M2
He something censured but he little fear'd	D2
He knew her rich and frugal for the rest	N2
He felt no care or if he felt suppress'd	N2
Nor for companion when she ask'd her Niece	T
Had he suspicions that disturb'd his peace	T
Frugal and rich these virtues as a charm	O2
Preserved the thoughtful man from all alarm	O2
An infant yet she soon would home return	K2
Nor stay the manners of the world to learn	K2
Meantime his boys would all his care engross	T
And be his comforts if he felt the loss	T
The sprightly Sybil pleased and unconfined	P
Felt the pure pleasure of the op'ning mind	P
All here was gay and cheerful all at home	P2
Unvaried quiet and unruffled gloom	A2
There were no changes and amusements few	U
Here all was varied wonderful and new	U
There were plain meals plain dresses and grave	G2
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looks	T
Here gay companions and amusing books	T
And the young Beauty soon began to taste	Q2
The light vocations of the scene she graced	Q2
A man of business feels it as a crime	M
On calls domestic to consume his time	M
Yet this grave man had not so cold a heart	R2
But with his daughter he was grieved to part	R2
And he demanded that in every year	S2
The Aunt and Niece should at his house appear	S2
'Yes we must go my child and by our dress	T
A grave conformity of mind express	T
Must sing at meeting and from cards refrain	X
The more t'enjoy when we return again '	-
Thus spake the Aunt and the discerning child	J
Was pleased to learn how fathers are beguiled	J
Her artful part the young dissembler took	T2
And from the matron caught th' approving look	T2
When thrice the friends had met excuse was sent	U2
For more delay and Jonas was content	U2
Till a tall maiden by her sire was seen	V2
In all the bloom and beauty of sixteen	V2
He gazed admiring she with visage prim	W2
Glanced an arch look of gravity on him	W2
For she was gay at heart but wore disguise	T
And stood a vestal in her father's eyes	T
Pure pensive simple sad the damsel's heart	R2
When Jonas praised reproved her for the part	R2
For Sybil fond of pleasure gay and light	X2
Had still a secret bias to the right	X2
Vain as she was and flattery made her vain	X
Her simulation gave her bosom pain	X
Again return'd the Matron and the Niece	T
Found the late quiet gave their joy increase	T
The aunt infirm no more her visits paid	B2
But still with her sojourn'd the favourite maid	B2
Letters were sent when franks could be procured	Y2
And when they could not silence was endured	Y2
All were in health and if they older grew	U
It seem'd a fact that none among them knew	U
The aunt and niece still led a pleasant life	Z2
And quiet days had Jonas and his wife	Z2
Near him a Widow dwelt of worthy fame	A3
Like his her manners and her creed the same	A3
The wealth her husband left her care retain'd	B3
For one tall Youth and widow she remain'd	B3
His love respectful all her care repaid	B2
Her wishes watch'd and her commands obey'd	B2
Sober he was and grave from early youth	C3
Mindful of forms but more intent on truth	C3
In a light drab he uniformly dress'd	N2
And look serene th' unruffled mind express'd	N2
A hat with ample verge his brows o'erspread	N2
And his brown locks curl'd graceful on his head	N2
Yet might observers in his speaking eye	D
Some observation some acuteness spy	D
The friendly thought it keen the treacherous	T
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deem'd it sly	D
Yet not a crime could foe or friend detect	N2
His actions all were like his speech correct	N2
And they who jested on a mind so sound	N2
Upon his virtues must their laughter found	N2
Chaste sober solemn and devout they named	N2
Him who was thus and not of this ashamed	N2
Such were the virtues Jonas found in one	L2
In whom he warmly wish'd to find a son	L2
Three years had pass'd since he had Sybil seen	V2
But she was doubtless what she once had been	D3
Lovely and mild obedient and discreet	N2
The pair must love whenever they should meet	N2
Then ere the widow or her son should choose	T
Some happier maid he would explain his views	T
Now she like him was politic and shrewd	N2

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