He started on this mission bent.
First to the halls of wealth and rank
Went cunning Cupid with his prank.
On reaching them, to his dismay,
Those halls in deepest quiet lay;
And music, once the food of love,
Could not be heard below, above.
So Cupid's little wings he spread,
And, flying, to himself he said,
"The lawyer will be in, I know,