Began to dread she'd thaw to a coquette—

So very difficult, they say, it is

To keep extremes from meeting, when once set

In motion; but she here too much refined—

Aurora's spirit was not of that kind.

LXXXII.

But Juan had a sort of winning way,

A proud humility, if such there be,

Which showed such deference to what females say,

As if each charming word were a decree.