Beside the lady, for her purpose fit:
Who had been train’d in all the soothing ways
And servile duties from her early days;
One who had never from her childhood known
A wish fulfill’d, a purpose of her own.
Her part it was to sit beside the dame,
And give relief in every want that came;
To soothe the pride, to watch the varying look,
And bow in silence to the dumb rebuke.
This supple being strove with all her skill 120