Classic Poem

FROM METASTATIO .

Mild breeze, when thou shalt fan my fair,
Tell her a sigh augments thy gales;
But to reveal the source forbear,
From whence thy gentle breath exhales.

Clear stream, if thou her step shalt meet,
Say, with a tear thy currents swell,
But do not to the nymph repeat,
From whose enamour'd lid it fell.