Haply of thy own love, that, disarray'd,

Kills the fair lily with a livelier white,—

By silver trouts upspringing from green shade,

And winking stars reduplicate at night,

Spare us, poor ministers to such delight."

LXIII.

Howbeit his pleading and his gentle looks

Moved not the spiteful Shade:—Quoth he, "Your taste

Shoots wide of mine, for I despise the brooks

And slavish rivulets that run to waste