To tell her where lorn Io she might spy,

Whose little bell the spark deprived of sound;

When he withdrew her from the herd around.

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THE lover now the tinkling metal shook;

The path that t'wards it led the charmer took.

The well known note was pleasing to her ear;

Without suspecting treachery was near,

She followed to a wood, both deep and large,