As truthful, much that Ida claims as right
Had ne’er been mooted.”
And when the Prince sets forth the mission of woman as the conservator of the results of civilization hardly won by the struggles of man, and paints his ideal of a perfect marriage, the Princess asks:
“What woman taught you this?”
To which the Prince replies, in language which touches the heart of every man:
“One
Not learned, save in gracious household ways;
Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants;
No Angel, but a dearer being, all dipt
In Angel instincts, breathing Paradise,