Why can’t she sing with lark-like glee,
And revel in bright jeux d’esprit?
Where form can’t fetter or confine—
Pray tell me why?
Pray tell me why that frisky gee,
Called Pegasus, should harnessed be?
Why bit and bridle should combine
To all his liveliness consign,—
To deck the Rondeau’s narrow line—
Pray tell me why?