XXX + 

Beside the stormy sea one day + 

I envied sore the billows tall, + 

Which rushed in eager dense array + 

Enamoured at her feet to fall. + 

How like the billow I desired + 

To kiss the feet which I admired! + 

No, never in the early blaze + 

Of fiery youth’s untutored days + 

So ardently did I desire + 

A young Armida’s lips to press, + 

Her cheek of rosy loveliness + 

Or bosom full of languid fire⁠— + 

A gust of passion never tore + 

My spirit with such pangs before. + 