E’en too much honey nothing else than gall.”

THE RAVEN LOCKS.

“Chloe, those locks of raven hair—

Some people say you dye them black;

But that’s a libel, I can swear,

For I know where you buy them black.”

LOVE SONG.

“The winecup is glad: dear Zenophilè’s lip

It boasts to have touched, when she stooped down to sip.

Happy winecup! I wish that, with lips joined to mine,