Not so our maiden. She, before resign’d, }

Had now the anguish of a wounded mind— 160}

And felt the languid grief that the deserted find. }

On him she had reposed each worldly view,

And when he fail’d, the world itself withdrew,

With all its prospects. Nothing could restore

To life its value; hope would live no more:

Pensive by nature, she can not sustain

The sneer of pity that the heartless feign;

But to the pressure of her griefs gives way,