If Reason spoke not, yet would woman’s pride
A woman’s will by better counsel guide;
And should both Pride and Prudence plead in vain, }
There is a warning that must still remain, }
And, though the heart rebelled, would ever cry ‘Refrain.’” }
He heard, he grieved—so checked, the eager youth
Dared not again repeat th’ offensive truth, 360
But stopp’d, and fix’d on that loved face an eye
Of pleading passion, trembling to reply;
And that reply was hurried, was express’d