Compensation

If Helen loTe me, shc doos so Af ter the c:;utious modern i'ashion. And usages, liko linkboys, go To light the progress of hur passion. Say mine estáte should dwindle; say The breath of scandal foged mine honor, Helen -vould weep her love sway And bid me thik no more ujion her. Say I feil ill or lame or blind, The counsel of her frirnus would move hor Rcgretfully to prove unkind And seek a less unfortunate lover. Eut these things happen not- that is. Not in such bort as frightens Helen- Whereas her dcar small prudencies Mí.ke me a feneed demesnu to dweü in.