A nobler friend? Another thought I had;
I came among you here so suddenly,
That though her gentle presence at the lists 795
Might well have served for proof that I was loved,
I doubted whether filial tenderness,
Or easy nature, did not let itself
Be moulded by your wishes for her weal;
Or whether some false sense in her own self 800
Of my contrasting brightness, overbore
Her fancy dwelling in this dusky hall;