HowCruelAreTheParents

howcruelaretheparents

alteredfromanoldenglishsong.

tune—“johnanderson,myjo.”

howcruelaretheparents

whorichesonlyprize,

andtothewealthybooby

poorwomansacrifice!

meanwhile,thehaplessdaughter

hasbutachoiceofstrife;

toshunatyrantfather'shate—

becomeawretchedwife.

theraveninghawkpursuing,

thetremblingdovethusflies,

toshunimpellingruin,

awhileherpinionstries;

till,ofescapedespairing,

noshelterorretreat,

shetruststheruthlessfalconer,

anddropsbeneathhisfeet.