That takes it all in its increase away!
“Patient thou wert, and kind—but well I knew }
The husband’s wishes, and the father’s too; }
I saw how check’d they were, and yet in secret grew. }
Once and again, I urged thee to delay
Thy purposed journey, still deferr’d the day; 370
And still on its approach the pain increased
Till my request and thy compliance ceased.
I could not further thy affection task,
Nor more of one so self-resisting ask;