I've also seen some female friends [729] ('t is odd,[NG]But true—as, if expedient, I could prove)

That faithful were through thick and thin, abroad,[NH]At home, far more than ever yet was Love—

Who did not quit me when Oppression trod

Upon me; whom no scandal could remove;

Who fought, and fight, in absence, too, my battles,

Despite the snake Society's loud rattles.