And so it seem’d to her.
But wretched was the Shepherd’s fate,
And sorely was he tried,
When he beheld, in sober state,
That Leah was his Bride.
But Leah, who to Jacob seem’d
A Wife he could not prize, 10
Had yet the Virtues that redeem’d
The weakness of her Eyes.
But Jacob’s love, and Laban’s flock,