Not harsh and not indulgent out of place;
Not to the forward partial—to the slow }
All patient, waiting for the time to sow }
The seeds that, suited to the soil, would grow. }
Nor watch’d she less the Husband’s weaker soul, 70
But learn’d to lead him who abhorr’d control;
Who thought a nursery, next a kitchen, best
To women suited—and she acquiesced;
She only begg’d to rule in small affairs,
And ease her wedded lord of common cares;