(Youth seldom shows the necessary care,)

With easy, loit'ring steps the cottage sought,

Where ev'ry night they usually were brought.

HER mother, more experienced than the maid,

Observed, that from the cattle one had strayed;

The girl was scolded much, and sent to find

The heifer indiscreetly left behind.

Fair Isabella gave a vent to tears;

Invoked sweet echo to disperse her fears:

Solicited with fervent, piercing cry,