“Richard,” said he, “though I myself explore
With no distaste the annals of the poor, 80
And may with safety to a brother show }
What of my humble friends I chance to know: }
Richard, there are who call the subjects low. }
“The host and hostess of the Fleece—’tis base—
Would I could cast some glory round the place!
“The lively heroine once adorn’d a farm—
And William’s virtue has a kind of charm;
Nor shall we, in our apprehension, need