Nor Poll in town but that he knew;

With each he'd passed a blissful night

More to their own than his delight.

This one he loved for she was fair,

That for her glossy ebon hair.

One miss, to tame his cruel rigour,

Had brought him gifts.—She owned his vigour

In short it wanted but his gaze

To set each trembling heart ablaze.

His strength surpassed his luck,—the test—