Volume 5 — A SONG.
Reading edition
Set to Musick by Mr. John Eccles.
[Listen]
AS Cupid roguishly one Day, Had all alone stole out to play; The Muses caught the little, little, little Knave, And captive Love to Beauty gave: The Muses caught the little, little, little Knave, And captive Love to Beauty gave: The laughing Dame soon miss’d her Son, And here and there, and here and there, And here and there distracted run; Distracted run, and here and there, And here and there, and here and there distracted run: And still his Liberty to gain, his Liberty to gain, Offers his Ransom, But in vain, in vain, in vain; The willing, willing Prisoner still hugs his Chain, And Vows he’ll ne’er be free, And Vows he’ll ne’er be free, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, No, no, no, no, no he’ll ne’er be free again, No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, No, no, no, no, no he’ll ne’er be free again.
