Where he had past a kind of twofold Drill:
First, in the Field, where he for War was train’d,
And in the Tent, where he Assurance gain’d;
Knowledge of Life, and Life’s superior Bliss, 60
And Soldiers’ Comforts in a World like this.
When first the Youth address’d the Village Maid,
He but the Impulse of his pride obey’d;
But when he knew her an affianc’d Bride,
A rival’s Grief increas’d th’ heroic Pride.
[Susan’s first lover Joseph expostulates.]