Possess those joys denied by Day

From your bright sparkling Eyes, I was undone;

Rays, you have; more transparent than the Sun,

Amidst its glory in the rising Day,

None can you equal in your bright array;

Constant in your calm and unspotted Mind; }

Equal to all, but will to none Prove kind, }

So knowing, seldom one so Young, you'l Find. }

Ah! woe's me, that I should Love and conceal }

Long have I wish'd, but never dare reveal, }