Had fled since she was pledged to me⁠—

Since I love’s parting kiss had given

To seal her vows of constancy!

The very moon was not yet old,

Whose crescent beam our loves had lighted⁠—

Yet ere those few short weeks were told,

She had forgot the faith she plighted!

I heard her lips that faith forswear⁠—

And, while those lips revealed the tale,

My very soul it blushed that e’er