Ah, feast with me, or pluck a rose

Within my pleasant garth,

Or stroll beside yon brook which flows

In brawling, sylvan mirth.”

“Nor feast nor flowers nor evening air

I wish; I do entreat,

Fair Seigneur, let me now repair

To those who bind the wheat.”

“Nay, damsel, fill thy milking-pail:

The dairy stands but here.