And words that they might undertake in vain.
Cecilia liked it not; she had, in truth,
No mind to part with her enamour’d youth;
But thought it foolish thus themselves to cheat,
And part for nothing but again to meet.
Now Henry’s father was a man whose heart
Took with his interest a decided part;
He [knew] his lordship, and was known for acts 150
That I omit—they were acknowledged facts;
An interest somewhere—I the place forget,