Note 648 — PART THE THIRD. (continued 2)
Reading edition
This wish is expressed in the following lines:—
"With her book, and her voice, and her lyre, To wing all her moments at home, And with scenes that new rapture inspire, As oft as it suits her to roam; She will have just the life she prefers, With little to hope or to fear, And ours would be pleasant as hers, Might we view her enjoying it here."
See Verses addressed to Miss Stapleton, p. 343.