 | Poems by the Right Honourable the late Lord Lyttleton |  |
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[When Delia on the plain appears]
Written in the Year 1732.
I
When Delia on the plain appears,Aw'd by a thousand tender fears,
I would approach, but dare not move;
Tell me, my heart, if this be Love.
II
Whene'er she speaks, my ravish'd earNo other voice but her's can hear,
No other wit but her's approve;—
Tell me, my heart, if this be Love.
III
If she some other youth commend,Though I was once his fondest friend,
His instant enemy I prove;—
Tell me, my heart, if this be Love.
IV
When she is absent, I no moreDelight in all that pleas'd before,
The clearest spring, or shadiest grove;—
Tell me, my heart, if this be Love.
V
When fond of power, of beauty vain,Her nets she spread for every swain,
I strove to hate, but vainly strove;—
Tell me, my heart, if this be Love.
| Poems by the Right Honourable the late Lord Lyttleton | |