Poetical Exercises Written Upon Several Occasions Presented and Dedicated to Her Royal Highness, Mary Princess of Orange [by John Cutts] |
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Farewel to Love.
A SONG, set by Mr. King, &c.
Strephon
retiring from the Town,
Came Musing to a Neighb'ring Grove,
Where, in the Shades, he laid him down,
And to himself thus talk'd of Love.
Came Musing to a Neighb'ring Grove,
Where, in the Shades, he laid him down,
And to himself thus talk'd of Love.
'Twas in the Golden Age, said he,
That Cupid held a peaceful Reign,
He exercised no Tyrany,
Nor could his Subjects then complain.
That Cupid held a peaceful Reign,
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Nor could his Subjects then complain.
The innocent, and faithful Swain,
Not ty'd to Rules of Birth and State,
With freedom rambled o're the Plain,
And, like the Turtle, chose his Mate.
Not ty'd to Rules of Birth and State,
With freedom rambled o're the Plain,
And, like the Turtle, chose his Mate.
The Nymph comply'd without Constraint,
By her own Fancy only led,
And never any sad Complaint
Disturb'd the happy Lovers Bed.
By her own Fancy only led,
And never any sad Complaint
Disturb'd the happy Lovers Bed.
But, oh! The Golden Age is gone,
And Cupid's Laws are not the same.
Love is an empty Name alone,
'Tis Fate and Fortune play the Game.
And Cupid's Laws are not the same.
Love is an empty Name alone,
'Tis Fate and Fortune play the Game.
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And must it thus for ever be?
Will those blest Days return no more?
Then Thoughts of Love disturb not me,
I'le from this Minute give your o're.
Will those blest Days return no more?
Then Thoughts of Love disturb not me,
I'le from this Minute give your o're.
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