But is not honour'd for the mischief done;

The cheat in love may use each villain-art,

And boast the deed that breaks the victim's heart.

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"Four years were past; I might again have found

Some erring wish, but for another wound:

Lovely my daughter grew, her face was fair;

But no expression ever brighten'd there.

I doubted long, and vainly strove to make

Some certain meaning of the words she spake;