"What cause has Alexis to weep?"
With looks of compassion, she said;
"Have you lost e'er a lamb or a sheep?
" Or is Tray the poor favourite dead?
"Or, perhaps, your fair Daphne's unkind,
" Perhaps for her coyness you grieve,
"Ah! 'tis jealousy poisons your mind!
" But appearances often deceive. "