Classic Poem

Under the willow shades they were
Free from the eye-sight of the sun,
For no intruding beam could there
Peep through to spy what things were done:
Thus shelter'd, they unseen did lie,
Surfeiting on each other's eye;
Defended by the willow shades alone,
The sun's heat they defied, and cool'd their own.

Whilst they did embrace unspied,
The conscious willows seem'd to smile,
That they with privacy supplied,
Holding the door, as 'twere, the while,
And, when their dalliances were o'er,
The willows, to oblige 'em more,
Bowing, did seem to say, as they withdrew,
We can supply you with a cradle, too.