Till I had won her favourable grace;

And after oft we saw her fleeting face

Laugh through the leaves, and in our kindled heart

Were glad exceedingly, nor thought to part,

Content a little while in each fair place

To know a sweet above all flowery space.

My faint tongue faltereth when I would tell

What doors of joy we pass’d, what sights to seek,

But Love’s day endeth, and his holy week,

Whose dear appointed feasts we kept full well;