Why see how coldly Zeolide receives
His songs of love—his bursts of metaphor:
“I love you, Philamir,” and there’s an end.
She will vouchsafe her spouse-elect no more—
No tenderness—no reciprocity;
A cold, half-sullen and half-wayward smile,
And that is all. The maiden lavishes
More love upon her horse!
Phan.Perhaps she thinks
Her horse will bear such tokens of regard