There left it carelessly to burn at will,

Which soon began a muleteer to fill,

With LOVE'S all-powerful, all-consuming fire,

That naught controls, and youthful breasts desire.

THE muleteer was pleasing to the sight:

Gallant, good-humoured, airy, and polite,

And ev'ry way his humble birth belied;

A handsome person, nor was sense denied;

He showed it well, for when the youth beheld,

With eyes of love, the queen, who all excelled,