So, blessed thenceforth, it should restore
My loved one to my arms once more.
Moore says:—
Let conquerors boast
Their fields of fame—he who in virtue’s arms
A young warm spirit against beauty’s charms
Who feels her brightness, yet defies her thrall
Is the best, bravest conqueror of all.
Howell in the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ says:—