With dulcet notes of many a Bird

That sought at noon the umbrageous glade

And softly sung beneath the shade.

He took his place upon the ground,

With Lads and Lasses circling round;

He sat as they sat, fed as they fed,

Drank ale, and laugh'd, and talk'd, as they did;

Each playful wile, by Love employ'd,

He by kind sympathy enjoy'd;

The Lover's extasies he caught,