And there was pride and joy in Fanny’s air;
For, though his silence did not please the maid,
She judged him only modest and afraid.
The gentle dames are ever pleased to find
Their lovers dreading they should prove unkind;
So, blind by hope, and pleased with prospects gay, }
The generous beauty gave her heart away }
Before he said, “I love!”—alas! he dared not say. 380}
Cecilia yet was mistress of his mind,
But oft he wish’d her, like his Fanny, kind;