Troth-plighted sate, and I from out thine eyes

Drank long, deep draughts of love stronger than wine.

And still the minstrels sound their dulcet strains,

Which then I heard not, since my ears were filled

With the sweet music of thy voice. My sweet,

How blest it is, left thus alone with love,

To hear the love-lorn nightingales complain

Beneath the star-gemmed heavens, and drink cool airs

Fresh from the summer sea! There sleeps the main

Which once I crossed unwilling. Was it years since,