For Love is blind

Fate counselled her if she were wise

To set a guard upon her eyes,

And thus be safe from Love's surprise.

But Youth, the hero, came erelong,

Came singing through a heedless throng;

She listened, breathless, to his song.

"O Fate," she murmured, "wert thou wise?

I set a guard upon mine eyes,

Yet must I yield to Love's surprise!"