That she with favour reads my lays,
And sends a token of her praise:
Such as the nun, with heart of snow,
Might on her confessor bestow;
Or which some favourite nymph would pay,
Upon her grandsire’s natal day,
And to his trembling hand impart
The offering of a feeling heart. 10
And what shall I return the fair
And flattering nymph?—A verse?—a prayer?