And such the food that fed the gentle mind.
II.
P. Knew you the fair Belinda, once the boast
Of a vain mother, and a favourite toast
Of clerks and young lieutenants, a gay set
Of light admirers?—Is she married yet?
F. Yes! she is married; though she waited long, 90
Not from a prudent fear of choosing wrong,
But want of choice.—She took a surgeon’s mate,
With his half-pay, that was his whole estate.