Ashton, John, b. 1834 · London Chatto and Windus · leaf 23
l your ruin be.Thus Josephs bretheren talkd, and if beforeThey hated him, they did it now much more ;The father lovd him, and the lad they thought.Took more upon him, than indeed he ought.But they who judge a matter eer the time.Are oftentimes involved in a crime :Tis therefore best for us to wait… … How bold is innocence ! how fixd it grows !It fears no seeming friends nor real foes.Tis conscious of no guilt, nor base designs,And therefore forms no plots nor countermines :But in the paths of virtue walks on still,And as it does none, so it fears no ill. Just so it was with Joseph : lately…
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