For he had never yet resistance proved,

Nor fear’d that friends should say—“Alas! he loved.”

Younger by twenty years, Camilla found

Her face unrivall’d when she smiled or frown’d;

Of all approved; in manner, form, and air, 160

Made to attract; gay, elegant, and fair.

She had, in beauty’s aid, a fair pretence

To cultivated, strong intelligence;

For she a clear and ready mind had fed

With wholesome food; unhurt by what she read.