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Not so! He thought of you with tender care.

Quoth he: "Heaven knows how fervently I prayed,

For wife and children when from Malta bound;—

The prayer hath heaven with favor crowned;

We took a Turkish vessel which conveyed

Rich store of treasure for the Sultan's court;

Its own reward our gallant action brought;

The captur'd prize was shared among the crew,

And of the treasure I received my due."