LILY’SMENAGERIE。
[Goethedescribesthismuch-admiredPoem,whichhewroteinhonourofhisloveLily,asbeingdesignedtochangehissurrenderofherintodespair,bydrolly-fretfulimages。]
THERE’Snomenagerie,Ivow,ExcelsmyLily’satthisminute。
Shekeepsthestrangestcreaturesinit,Andcatchesthem,sheknowsnothow。
Oh,howtheyhop,andrun,andrave,Andtheirclipp’dpinionswildlywave,——