“With soft, persuasive pow’r.
XI.
“Forbear, she cry’d, in haughty guise,
“Reproachful to contend:
“Whoe’er the victrix, small her gain,
“That thus can lose a friend.
XII.
“Ally’d by Nature in your kind,
“And diff’ring but in Hue:
“You both possess intrinsic worth,