Yet dragons sleep, and mothers have been known
To guard a daughter’s secret as their own;
Nor can the absent in their travel see
How a fond wife and mother may agree. 270
“Suppose the lady is most virtuous!—then,
What can she know of the deceits of men?
Of all they plan she neither thinks nor cares,
But keeps, good lady! at her books and prayers.
“In all her letters there are love, respect, }
Esteem, regret, affection, all correct— }