Why prudish now ’gainst vice protest?
Slow wert thou ’gainst the mountain fiend
Thy precious virtue to defend,
When he thy juicy apples prest:
Fear taught thee to be soft and tame,
Thiasse could tell us how and when;[96]
Of Bragur’s honour, dainty dame!
Thou wert not quite so mindful then.
GEFION.
A dame, more pure and innocent