And he, who has been known to ruin,—
Is always sought, and always wooing.
Stephen had long in secret sigh’d;
And Stephen never was deny’d:
Now, Lubin was a modest swain,
And therefore, treated with disdain:
For, it is said, in Love and War,—
The boldest, most successful are!
Vows, were to him but fairy things
Borne on capricious Fancy’s wings;