No longer doat from day to day;
Henceforth the genuine Love be mine,
That spurns and dreads Delay! 30
’Tis Nature’s strong, prevailing Call
That pleads within, that pleads with all,
That I obey!
So thought the Youth who from his home retired, }
Because it gave not all his Soul required; }
For strong his Passions were, and quickly were they fired. }
Affection reasoned; but the Youth replied