XVII + 

“Nurse, ’tis so close I cannot rest. + 

Open the window⁠—sit by me.” + 

“What ails thee, dear?”⁠—“I feel depressed. + 

Relate some ancient history.” + 

“But which, my dear?⁠—In days of yore + 

Within my memory I bore + 

Many an ancient legend which + 

In monsters and fair dames was rich; + 

But now my mind is desolate, + 

What once I knew is clean forgot⁠— + 

Alas! how wretched now my lot!” + 

“But tell me, nurse, can you relate + 

The days which to your youth belong? + 

Were you in love when you were young?”⁠— + 