She might have added, they their life enjoy’d,
Although on things less hazardous employ’d.
This was not much; but yet the damsel’s sneer,
And the Row-dwelling of a lass so dear,
Were somewhat startling. He had heard, indeed,
That Rayner’s business did not well succeed:
“But what of that? They lived in decent style,
No doubt, and Phœbe still retain’d her smile;
And why,” he asked, “should all men choose to dwell
In broad cold streets?—the Row does just as well, 290