A zephyr of flowers in the bright air straying;

A graceful child, as fresh as dawn,

Upon the greensward blithely playing;

Himself on the door-stone idly sitting,

A blonde-haired woman about him flitting.

She dreamily stands beside him there,

And deftly toys with his coal-black hair,

And hovers about him with her eyes,

And whispers to him, pleading-wise:

O Rob, why will you plague my heart? why will you try me so?