By this time;—but strike six from seven-and-twenty,

And you will find her sum of years in plenty.

LV.

At sixteen she came out; presented, vaunted,

She put all coronets into commotion:

At seventeen, too, the World was still enchanted

With the new Venus of their brilliant Ocean:

At eighteen, though below her feet still panted

A Hecatomb of suitors with devotion,

She had consented to create again