She had been taught in schools of honest fame;
And to the hall, as to a home, she came,
My lord assenting; yet, as meet and right,
Fanny was held from every hero’s sight,
Who might in youthful error cast his eyes
On one so gentle as a lawful prize,
On border land, whom, as their right or prey,
A youth from either side might bear away. 220
Some handsome lover of th’ inferior class
Might as a wife approve the lovely lass;