And, whispering, deal for spicery and lace:
And thus the craft and avarice of these 170
Urged on the youth, and gave his conscience ease.
Him loved the maiden Rachel, fondly loved,
As many a sigh and tear in absence proved,
And many a fear for dangers that she knew,
And many a doubt what one so gay might do.
Of guilt she thought not—she had often heard
They bought and sold, and nothing wrong appear’d;
Her father’s maxim this; she understood