She laughed the while, with an arch smile,

And kissed him with a sister's kiss.

And said—'My best Diogenes,

I love you well—but, if you please,

Tempt not again my deepest bliss.

XIII.

''Tis you are cold—for I, not coy,

Yield love for love, frank, warm, and true;

And Burns, a Scottish peasant boy—

His errors prove it—knew my joy