WHEN midnight came the sly gallant appeared,

Unluckily no doubt, but he revered

The moments that so pleasantly were passed,

Which always seemed, he thought, to glide too fast;

Relief he sought, for ev'ry one below

Is destined torments more or less to know.

He not a word was told of things designed,

And just as our gallant to sleep inclined,

As oft's the case at length with lovers true,

Quite open bright Aurora's portals flew,