Pamela was too gentle to deceive 
Her roses. ?Let the men stay where they are,? 
She said, ?and if Apollo?s avatar 
Be one of them, I shall not have to grieve.? 
And so she made all Tilbury Town believe
She sighed a little more for the North Star 
Than over men, and only in so far 
As she was in a garden was like Eve. 

Her neighbors?doing all that neighbors can 
To make romance of reticence meanwhile? 
Seeing that she had never loved a man, 
Wished Pamela had a cat, or a small bird, 
And only would have wondered at her smile 
Could they have seen that she had overheard.