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;