Or true or false, betray’d the Envious Mind.
It could not be but Youth so gay and vain
Should strive the loveliest of her Sex to gain;
And sure it added Spur to the pursuit, 40
When the fair prize was called forbidden fruit.
There are who feel a triumph with the Joy,
When their Success another’s peace destroy;
When they Contrition with Desire impart
And break a Contract, while they win a heart.
The greatest pleasures that the Vicious know