And sigh’d and look’d, sigh’d and look’d,

Sigh’d and look’d, and sigh’d again:

At length, with love and wine at once oppress’d,

The vanquish’d victor sank upon her breast!

Now strike the golden lyre again!

A louder yet, and yet a louder strain!

Break his bands of sleep asunder,

And rouse him, like a rattling peal of thunder.

Hark! hark! the horrid sound

Has raised up his head,