If to the various blessings which thy house

Has lavished on me thou wilt add that bliss,

That dearest bliss, the power of blessing thee!"

The other is famous. Thomson had written:—

"Thoughtless of beauty, she was beauty's self,

Recluse among the woods, if City-dames

Will deign their faith. And thus she went compell'd

By strong necessity, with as serene

And pleased a look as patience can put on,

To glean Palemon's fields."