Some of the language used in the poem might make it seem a bit odd to modern ears – words such as rape have a very different connotation now than they did in

And all your Honour in a Whisper lost!”

Of sympathie and love, there I had fixt

Unfortunately, the request is soundly denied by the Baron, prompting Belinda to break down crying. She wonders if it would have been better for her if she’s never gone to Hampton Court, but rather had stayed in some northern land where she’d have remained obscure and undiscovered.

To that she bends, to that her Eyes she rears;

And see thro' all things with his half shut Eyes)

From the fair Head, for ever and for ever!”

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