A little worship till he shines again.”
The father still commanded “Wait awhile;”
And the son answer’d in submissive style,
Grieved, but obedient; and obedience teased
His lady’s spirit more than grieving pleased.
That he should grieve in absence was most fit,
But not that he to absence should submit;
And in her letters might be traced reproof, 350
Distant indeed, but visible enough;
This should the wandering of his heart have stay’d;