Olden she was—but had been very young;

Virtuous she was—and had been, I believe;

Although the World has such an evil tongue

That—but my chaster ear will not receive

An echo of a syllable that's wrong:[LO]In fact, there's nothing makes me so much grieve,

As that abominable tittle-tattle,

Which is the cud eschewed[633] by human cattle.