Her Sister now possess’d.
Leah, she knew, would faithful prove,
And Jacob would give Truth applause;
And, when he once had vow’d to love,
He for his vow would find a Cause.—
Thou too art wed to Duty stern,
And to thy Vow wilt prove sincere; 30
And I, like Rachel, doom’d to [yearn],
Victim to Virtues I revere.
But she had Hope the Time would come,