Who fear’d neglect, and was compell’d to trust

Dependants wasteful, idle, or unjust;

Or should they not the trusted stores destroy,

At best, they could not help him to enjoy;

But with her person and her prudence bless’d,

His acts would prosper, and his soul have rest:

Would she be his?” - “Why, that was much to say;

She would consider; he awhile might stay:

She liked his manners, and believed his word;

He did not flatter, flattery she abhorr’d: