But few and short such times of suffering were 60
In Lucy’s mind, and brief the reign of care.
Jane had, indeed, her flights, but had in them
What we could pity, but must not condemn;
For they were always pure and oft sublime,
And such as triumph’d over earth and time:
Thoughts of eternal love that souls possess,
Foretaste divine of Heaven’s own happiness.
Oft had he seen them, and esteem had sprung
In his free mind for maids so sad and young,