The life and letters of Edward Young . er know. Save in one of his letters, in which hespeaks of Lady Betty as sending her compliments,she makes no appearance in Youngs correspondence, nordid he choose her for the theme of a single poem. The onlyanecdote of his married life is one adopted by Dr. Doran, inwhose words it may be repeated. He was once walking inhis garden at Welwyn, with Lady Betty and another lady oneither side of him, when a servant summoned him into thehouse, where a gentleman was waiting to see him. The poetshowed little inclination to go; whereon the ladies insisted,and led h
The life and letters of Edward Young . er know. Save in one of his letters, in which hespeaks of Lady Betty as sending her compliments,she makes no appearance in Youngs correspondence, nordid he choose her for the theme of a single poem. The onlyanecdote of his married life is one adopted by Dr. Doran, inwhose words it may be repeated. He was once walking inhis garden at Welwyn, with Lady Betty and another lady oneither side of him, when a servant summoned him into thehouse, where a gentleman was waiting to see him. The poetshowed little inclination to go; whereon the ladies insisted,and led him, each taking a hand, to his garden-gate. As heturned from them, he is said to have made the followingimpromptu— Thus Adam lookd, when from the garden driven ;And thus disputed orders sent from him I go, and yet to go am loath ;Like him I go, for angels drove us was his fate, but mine still more unkind :His Eve went with him ; but mine stays behind. That story leaves a pleasant impression; and for the rest we. From an old engraving GUESSENS HOLY ORDERS 109 may take refuge in the reflection that perhaps this was a casewhere the lack of history may be interpreted as a proof ofunruffled domestic felicity. During the decade following his marriage Youngs muse,save for the unimportant Foreign Address, was the greater part of this period, too, there is a remarkabledearth of correspondence. His new duties as rector of Welwyndoubtless occupied much of his time, and for his leisure hourshe had the companionship of his wife and her young family,which was increased by the advent of Youngs own son in theJune of 1732. There are many evidences that the poet waswarmly attached to his step-children, the two girls, Elizabethand Caroline, and their brother; and proofs will be citedlater that he was not so wanting in fatherly affection for hisown son as Croft insinuated. At the date of that sons birththe poets most influential friend, Bubb Dodington, was oni
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