Canto Third.

True love’s pleasures, even amidst trials. Affections under restraint. An unaccountable difficulty overcome. Imprudence punished; a contrast. A pleasant view, and forboding change. Hopes and disappointments. Hector’s return from India; his fortunes and misfortunes; sorrows and unforseen joys. Lovely Hariot’s story, her sickness and blindness; her Arthur’s return; a scene which angels might admire! The unconquerable nature of true-love, as seen in the story of Emma and Laura. Love in a death-bed scene; sad reverses; a loving resignation.