A slave I am, who fled her dire disdain;

Yet seek once more to wear the cruel chain.

AS near some noble walls our knight arrived,

Which fairy-hands to raise had once contrived,

His eyes beheld, at peep of early morn,

When bright Aurora's beams the earth adorn,

A beauteous nymph in royal robes attired,

Of noble mien, and formed to be admired,

Who t'ward him drew, with pleasing, gracious air,

While he was wrapped in thought, a prey to care.