What, Albius! why this passionate despairFor cruel Glycera? why melt your voiceIn dolorous strains, because the perjured fairHas made a younger choice?See, narrow-brow'd Lycoris, how she glowsFor Cyrus! Cyrus turns away his headTo Pholoe's frown; but sooner gentle roesApulian wolves shall wed,Than Pholoe to so mean a conqueror strike:So Venus wills it; 'neath her brazen yokeShe loves to couple forms and minds unlike,All for a heartless joke.For me sweet Love had forged a milder spell;But Myrtale still kept me her fond slave,More stormy she than the tempestuous swellThat crests Calabria's wave.