Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, JANE HOLLYBRAND; OR, VIRTUE REWARDED: A GRACEFUL DIVINE, by EDWARD EDWIN FOOT


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JANE HOLLYBRAND; OR, VIRTUE REWARDED: A GRACEFUL DIVINE, by                    
First Line: The following day, about th' eleventh hour
Last Line: The doctor bowed, and gracefully retired.
Variant Title(s): Jane Hollybrand; Or, Virtue Rewarded
Subject(s): Friendship; Guests; Visiting


The following day, about th' eleventh hour,
Jane heard a "tap-tap" at the parlour door,
So, suddenly uprising on her feet,
Prepared herself the visitor to meet,—
"The Reverend Alexander Gordon Jay,"
(Most popular grammar-master of the day,
Within a circle of near thirty miles—
A man belov'd by most fair juveniles;

Of stature small, but of capacious tact;
And of his person wondrously exact.)—
Who with obeisance and with dexter hand
Proffer'd his friendship to Jane Hollybrand;
Jane fain reciprocated his intent
And lent herself to the first rudiment;

Thus so far pleased with all that he desired,
The doctor bowed, and gracefully retired.





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