Cannot command the spirit for his fears:
So Villars seem’d by his own bliss perplex’d,
And scarcely knowing what would happen next.
But soon, a witness to their vows, I saw 200
The maiden his, if not by love, by law;
The bells proclaim’d it—merry call’d by those
Who have no foresight of their neighbours’ woes.
How proudly show’d the man his lovely bride,
Demurely pacing, pondering, at his side!
While all the loving maids around declared,