One little week ago

I asked no surer guide than Cupid's chart;

I said, "Your eyes reveal the depths below,

And I can read your heart."

She let her shy gaze fall,

And smiling asked, "Is then my face a screed,

My brow an open love-letter, where all

The world my thoughts may read?"

Said I, "The world, I'll vow,

Is blind! Myself alone may see the signs,