"'Twas guilt the barb'rous mandate to obey, "Which bade no parting sigh my bosom move, "Victim of duty's unrelenting sway, "I seemed a traitor, while a slave to love!" "Let her, who seal'd a lover's fate, endure "The sharpest pressure of deserv'd distress; "'Twere added perfidy to seek a cure, "And stain'd with falsehood, wish to suffer less.