The Muses willèd him to love:

That instrument can aptly show,

How finely our conceits will move.

As Bacchus opes dissembled hearts,

So Love sets out our better parts."

"Stella, a nymph within this wood,

Most rare, and rich of heavenly bliss;

The highest in his fancy stood,

And she could well demerit this.

'Tis likely, they acquainted soon: