Then calls the quiet, comfort - but thy Youth
Is mild by nature, and as frank as truth.”
“But will he love?” said Sybil; “I am told
That these mild creatures are by nature cold.”
“Alas!” the matron answer’d, “much I dread
That dangerous love by which the young are led!
That love is earthy; you the creature prize,
And trust your feelings and believe your eyes:
Can eyes and feelings inward worth descry?
No! my fair daughter, on our choice rely!