With tender words beguiled me there;

"Dear shepherdess, come take my arm,

Lest lonely roads should bring you harm,

And ghosts or wolves in darkness scare."

In his my trusting hand I place,

While love invades me with its grace;

I could not check his passion's strength,

And wished the road of greater length,

While listening with a blushing face.

But Colin has a faithless mind,