Or talk when love and marriage are the themes:
In fact, a something not to be defined, }
Of all subduing, all commanding kind, 200}
That fills the fondest heart, that rules the proudest mind. }
But on her lover Fanny still relied, }
Her best companion, her sincerest guide, }
On whom she could rely, in whom she would confide. }
All jealous fits were past; in either now
Were tender wishes for the binding vow.
There was no secret one alone possess’d;