Volume 5 — A New Song in the Play call’d, a Duke and no Duke. Sung by Mrs. Cibber.
Reading edition
[Listen]
DAMON if you will believe me, ’Tis not sighing o’er the Plain; Songs nor Sonnets can’t relieve ye, Faint Attempts in Love are vain: Urge but home the fair Occasion, And be Master of the Field; To a powerful kind Invasion, ’Twere a Madness not to yield. Tho’ she vow’s she’ll ne’er permit ye, Says you’re rude, and much to blame; And with Tears implores your pity, Be not merciful for shame: When the first assault is over, Chloris time enough will find; This so fierce and Cruel Lover, Much more gentle, not so kind.
