But 'cause our heroes should the comfort find
540Of winning beauty and a willing mind.
The maid of Babylon, I know, was fair,
And rich in all the lineaments of beauty;
Yet was she kind, which did not them impair,
But showed to Nature's hests her forward duty.
For Nature's bounty best requited is,
By yielding free assent to Hymen's bliss.
The Queen of Carthage dear respects bestowed
Upon the straggling prince of ruined Troy.