“And O! be sure to fear the Lord alway, And mind your duty, duly, morn and night; Lest in temptation’s path ye gang astray, Implore His counsel and assisting might: They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.” Not even the biological urgencies of youthful lust can shake the securities of hierarchy depicted here. When a young neighbour lad arrives to visit the daughter of the house, “The wily mother sees the conscious flame / Sparkle in Jenny’s e’e, and flush her cheek” but the youth is identified as “nae wild, worthless rake” so the family welcomes him, an appropriate suitor behaving impeccably.