Tn social converse to unbend the mind;
While ruddy nymphs, flush’d with unusual charms,
That rouz’d the kindling breast with sweet alarms,
To tuneful airs sung the harmonious lay,
And swell’d the acclamations of the day.
Among the rest, with inoffensive glee,
Maria joy’d th’ auspicious morn to see:
A lovely virgin, a young charming maid,
In youthful bloom and modesty array’d;
Whose gentle soul ne’er knew the dangerous ways;