He thought of wood-nymphs and immortal bowers,

And how the goddesses came down to men:

He missed the pathway, he forgot the hours,

And when he looked upon his watch again,

He found how much old Time had been a winner—

He also found that he had lost his dinner.

XCV.

Sometimes he turned to gaze upon his book,

Boscan,[55] or Garcilasso;[56]—by the wind

Even as the page is rustled while we look,