A Major Bright—he reckoned fifty years:
A reading man of peace, but call’d to take
His sword and musket for his country’s sake;
Not to go forth and fight, but here to stay,
Invaders, should they come, to chase or slay. 440
Him had the elder Lady long admired,
As one from vain and trivial things retired;
With him conversed; but to a Friend so dear
Gave not that pleasure—Why? is not so clear.
But chance effected this; the Major now