Upon a rock with lichens wild,
Beside him Ellen sat and smiled-
Smiled she to see the stately drake
Lead forth his fleet upon the lake,note
70 While her vexed spaniel, from the beach
Bayed at the prize beyond his reach?
Yet tell me, then, the maid who knows,
Why deepened on her cheek the rose?
Forgive, forgive, Fidelity!
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