IN youth, before I waxéd old,

The blynd boy, Venus baby,

For want of cunning made me bold,

In bitter hyve to grope for honny.

But when he saw me stung and cry,

He tooke his wings and away did fly.

注释：1.Anacreontics：阿纳克里翁体讽刺诗。这几节中讨论的是小爱神丘比特的各种稀奇古怪的行径，以此作为一种研究爱的本质的方法。