As the cost of this cup of bliss may prove

To body or soul, I will drain it deep."

And on the morrow, bold with love,

He beckoned the bridegroom (close on call,

As his duty bade, by the Duke's alcove)

And smiled "'T was a very funeral,

Your lady will think, this feast of ours,—

A shame to efface, whate'er befall!

"What if we break from the Arno bowers,

And try if Petraja, cool and green,