Here woman's voice is never heard: apart,

And scarce permitted, guarded, veiled, to move,[fg]

She yields to one her person and her heart,

Tamed to her cage, nor feels a wish to rove:

For, not unhappy in her Master's love,[fh]

And joyful in a mother's gentlest cares,

Blest cares! all other feelings far above!

Herself more sweetly rears the babe she bears

Who never quits the breast—no meaner passion shares.