Which, though so soon withdrawn, too gentle seem’d

For harsh denial’s herald; or that blush

Which now, o’er thy snowy beauty spreading,

Heightens all thy loveliness!”

“And when those gentle eyes, thus rais’d to mine,

Melt in my ardent gaze; yet willing not

With haste ungracious to reprove my love,

A moment tremble ere they fall again;

Oh, ’tis a feeling not of earth! ’tis one

Which man’s experience hath not taught him how