And relish the odor fresh from the thorn,

She was far too pamper'd a madam—

Or to joy in the daylight waxing strong,

While, after ages of sorrow and wrong,

The scorn of the proud, the misrule of the strong,

And all the woes that to man belong,

The Lark still carols the selfsame song

That he did to the uncurst Adam!

CCLXXVII.

The Lark! she had given all Leipzig's flocks