And fret with self-created anguish.

Or doom the lover you have chosen,

On winter nights, to sigh half frozen:

In leafless shades, to sue for pardon,

Only because the scene's a garden.

For gardens seem by one consent

(Since SHAKESPEARE set the precedent;)

(Since Juliet first declar'd her passion)

To form the place of assignation.

Oh! would some modern muse inspire,