That his good mistress falters in her meals.
With what respectful manners he entreats 40
That she would eat—yet Jacob little eats;
When she forbears, his supplicating eye
Intreats the noble dame once more to try.
Their years the same; and he has never known
Another place; and this he deems his own—
All appertains to him. Whate’er he sees
Is ours!—“our house, our land, our walks, our trees!”
But still he fears the time is just at hand,