"And there you paid my lips a compliment!"

"Here you admired the tower could be so tall!"

"And there you likened that of Lebanon

To the nose of the beloved!" Trifles! still,

"Forsan et hæc olim,"—such trifles serve

To make the minutes pass in winter-time.

Husband, return then, I re-counsel thee!

For, finally, of all glad circumstance

Should make a prompt return imperative,

What in the world awaits thee, dost suppose?