ABSTRACT
We may take this poem in two senses. In a first view, the lover has visited his mistress, counting on again spending the whole night locked in her arms. The visit, however, has been a failure. He has either wooed her poorly or she has not been ‘in the mood’. They have not made love and now it is too late. The dawn has come. He asks forgiveness for having enjoyed her previously and declares that, as a punishment, the god of love ‘has seized his heart’ and ‘holds it in strict charge’.
