Lest those who saw him kind should think him led;

If to his bosom fear a visit paid,

It was, lest he should be supposed afraid:

Hence sprang his orders; not that he desired

The things when done: obedience he required;

And thus, to prove his absolute command,

Ruled every heart, and moved each subject hand;

Assent he ask’d for every word and whim,

To prove that he alone was king of him.

The still Rebecca, who her station knew,