STOEIES ABOUT BIEDS. 



75 



vn. 



"I thank you for your tenderness, 

 And for this lordly dwelling; 

 Yet blame me not that keen distress 

 Within my breast is swelling. 



vui. 



One thing alone, my mistress dear — 

 Since you demand a reason — 



Robs me of all my pleasure here — 

 My palace is my prison.^'' 



