Some strew with flowers the flower-strewn ground,

Some bind them garlands, some are bound,

And still, with all the happy rout,

Fleet little loves wind in and out;

Some hide in maiden’s fluttering weed,

And ply their pretty arts, nor heed,

While wilful gusts make sport, like them,

With mantle’s fold, and garment’s hem;

Or some, more bold, soft vengeance wreak

On lifting hair, and glowing cheek.