This startled James: he lifted up his eyes, 130
And said with some contempt, besides surprise,
“Patty, my love! the will of God, ’tis plain,
Is that we live by what we can obtain;
Shall we a weak and foolish man offend,
And when our trial is so near our end?”
This hurt the maiden, and she said, “’Tis well!
Unask’d I will not of your purpose tell,
But will not lie.”—
“Lie! Patty, no, indeed;