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,