Mariana in the moated grange.

Mariana in the moated grange.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and are spent
without hope.

The first and last frosts are the worst.

The first and last frosts are the worst.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

A woman once fallen will shrink from no impropriety.

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

I see the better course and approve of it; I follow, alas! the
worse!

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.

Nor has he lived in vain, who from his cradle to his grave has
passed his life in seclusion.

A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.

A handfull of good life is better then a bushell of learning.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Change but the name, and you are the subject of the story.

Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.

Her tears will pierce into a marble heart.