And from her guarded mind Cecilia threw
The groundless terrors that will love pursue.
She had no doubts, and her reliance strong
Upon the honour that she would not wrong.
Firm in herself, she doubted not the truth
Of him, the chosen, the selected youth;
Trust of herself a trust in him supplied; }
And she believed him faithful, though untried; 170}
On her he might depend, in him she would confide. }
If some fond girl express’d a tender pain