Then played again, since better that amus'd,

And left me here, as if not worth a thought,

Or thou didst scorn what I so fondly sought.

ASTONISHMENT, at once, our Roman seiz'd;

But who's the fair that thus her bosom eas'd?

Or, who's the gay Adonis, form'd to bless?

You'd try a day, and not the secret guess,

The queen's the belle:—and, doubtless you will stare,

The king's own dwarf the idol of her care!

THE Roman saw a crevice in the wood,