'Neath bells of folly and a merry mask,

A girl's dear secret through her tinsel acts.—

Or was thy love but fancy?—Ah, too soon,

I heard the vapid ending of a tale

Coquetry had begun for other end.—

But, if thou wilt, we can resume the tale;

The beautiful story of true love.—Tell on!

Tell on, my heart! Or have we reached the end?

And is it wedlock?—Both were wrong. The one:

Because his love was blind, impetuous,