Was judged an effort rather wise than kind;
This flow’d from something he observed of late,
And he could feel it, but he could not state; 220
He thought some change appear’d—yet fail’d to prove,
Even as he tried, abatement in the love;
But in his Brother’s manner was restraint
That he could feel, and yet he could not paint.
That they should part in peace full well he knew,
But much he fear’d to part with coolness too.
George had been peevish when the subject rose,