But none of those fair Graces brought
Wherewith to nurse the child—and still he pined.
Some fond hearts to Compliance seem’d inclined; 20
But she had surely spoil’d the boy:
And sad experience forbade a thought
On the wild Goddess of Voluptuous Joy.
Long undecided lay th’ important choice,
Till of the beauteous court, at length, a voice 25
Pronounced the name of Hope:—The conscious child
Stretch’d forth his little arms, and smiled.[340]