Maintained with faithful care. And you divine
The worst effects that[260] our condition saw
If you imagine changes slowly wrought,
And in their progress[261] unperceivable;[262]
Not wished for; sometimes noticed with a sigh,
(Whate'er of good or lovely they might bring)
Sighs of regret, for the familiar good
And loveliness endeared which they removed.
"Seven years of occupation undisturbed
Established seemingly a right to hold