XVII + 

But that she goes to this old Thorn, + 

The Thorn which I’ve described to you, + 

And there sits in a scarlet cloak, + 

I will be sworn is true. + 

For one day with my telescope, + 

To view the ocean wide and bright, + 

When to this country first I came, + 

Ere I had heard of Martha’s name, + 

I climbed the mountain’s height: + 

A storm came on, and I could see + 

No object higher than my knee. + 