And down the stairs her hated guardian steals.
Just then the rival swain resolved to try
If he, in semblance of another Guy,
Cannot induce the maid with him to fly;
Hastes to her room, softly the window opes,
And then lets fall his ladder of silk ropes.
The maid deceived, his rashness gently chides,
Then down the silken ladder nimbly glides.
Meanwhile, Alonzo, finding himself trapped,
Without a notion how the thing had happ'd,