Frisked in a bull, and gallopped o'er the plain;

His skin was whiter than the snow that lies

Unsullied by the breath of southern skies,

His every look was peaceful, and expressed

The softness of the lover in the beast.

Agenor's royal daughter, as she played

Among the fields, the milk white bull surveyed,

And viewed his spotless body with delight,

And at a distance kept him still in sight;

At length she plucked the rising flowers, that fed