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Eternal fire hath surely form'd that love Whose fondest hope [[underline]] is still [[/underline]] to call thee Wife Which in the crosses it is doom'd to prove Finds [[underline]] but the fruitful seeds [[/underline]] of [[underline]] stronger Life. [[/underline]] Her temper at best, is but a managed one -- it is bad or violent? -- no; -- but it bears no reproof, -- no open counsel; reproof must be conveyed in flattery, Counsel in parable. She copies the virtues she is praised for possessing, & so corrects the defects she wd not hear of with patience. -- her heart has ardor, -- has passion, -- it now shows in love for her Brothers & me, -- but it is the affection passion, not nature or reason
