That what he feels his language will enforce;
Flame will to flame give birth, and fire to fire,
And so from heart to heart is caught desire;
He wonders how a gentle mind so long
Resists the pleading of a love so strong—
“And can that heart,” he cries, “that face belie,
And know no softness? Will it yet deny?”— 380
“I tell thee, George, as I have told before,
I feel a mother’s love, and feel no more;
A child I bore thee in my arms, and how