And as she trembling speaks, his lively eyes

Explore her looks, he listens to her sighs;

Charm’d by her voice, th’ harmonious sounds invade

His clouded mind, and for a time persuade:

Like a pleased infant, who has newly caught

From the maternal glance a gleam of thought,

He stands enrapt, the half-known voice to hear,

And starts, half conscious, at the falling tear.

Rarely from town, nor then unwatch’d, he goes,

In darker mood, as if to hide his woes;