In truth I came persuaded, not inclined:
Our friends’ amusement let us now pursue,
And I to-morrow will return with you.”
Like man entranced the happy Lover stood -
“As Laura wills, for she is kind and good;
Ever the truest, gentlest, fairest, best -
As Laura wills: I see her and am bless’d.”
Home went the Lovers through that busy place,
By Loddon Hall, the country’s pride and grace;
By the rich meadows where the oxen fed,