Spreads out a little lake, that, flooding, makes

Cushions of yellow sand; and from the woods

That belt it rise three dark tall cypresses;

Three cypresses, symbols of mortal woe,

That men plant over graves.

Hither we came,

And sitting down upon the golden moss

Held converse sweet and low—low converse sweet,

In which our voices bore least part. The wind

Told a love-tale beside us, how he woo'd