’Tis their dependence on my credit here,
And fear not, nor, in fact, have cause to fear.”
But did that pair, who seem’d to think that all
Unwatch’d will wander and unguarded fall,
Did they permit a youth and maid to meet
Both unreproved? were they so indiscreet?
This sometimes enter’d Henry’s mind, and then,
“Who shall account for women or for men?” 450
He said; “or who their secret thoughts explore?
Why do I vex me? I will think no more.”