Susceptible to love, and prone t’engage.
His beauty, (he call’d her) tall inclin’d,
Made such impression on his gentle mind
That he, with whom he went, wherever he stray’d,
Without disguise profess’d he lov’d the maid.
Three times, or more, within the cottage he
Improved the hour, and with solemnity
Pour’d forth his orisons. (When all alone
He often ’d pray’d that Jane might be his own.)
Love’s rosy tint flush’d her sweet cheeks and brow