Volume 5 — A SONG.
Reading edition
[Listen]
AH! Cælia how can you be Cruel and Fair? Since removing, The Charms that are loving, ’Twould make a poor Lover Despair; ’Tis true, I have lov’d you these seven long Years & more, Too long for a Man that ne’er was in Love before: And if longer you my Caresses deny, I then am resolv’d to give over my Flames and die. Love fires the Heart of him that is Brave, Charms the Spirit Of him that is merit, And makes the poor Lover a Slave; Dull sordid Souls that never knew how to Love, Where Nature is plung’d, ’tis a shame to the best above: And if any longer you my Caresses deny, I then am resolv’d to give over my Flames and die.
