And talk to stars, because so much alone

And so unlov'd. I know that, in the dell,

Flowers are betroth'd, and that a wedding-bell

Rings in the breeze on which a moth has flown.

IX.

I know such things, because to loving hearts

Nature is keen, and pleasures, long delay'd,

Quicken the pulse, and turn a truant shade

Into a sprite, equipp'd with all the darts

That once were Cupid's; and the day departs,