Now, from bough to bough, in haste,
The delighted robber chased,
And, alighting in his path,
Seemed to say, ’twixt grief and wrath,
“Give me back, fierce rustic rude—
Give me back my pretty brood!”
And I saw the rustic still
Answered, “That I never will!”
Translation of T. Roscoe. Estevan Manuel de Villegas, 1595–1669.