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[Do not delay me though you have the pow'r ages to stay me]

[I]

Do not delay me, though you have the pow'r
Ages to stay me, O do't in an hour.
Then do not slight me, O do not reject me!
Say not what might be, since thus I affect thee.

II

No bodies stirring, O none that can hear thee!
Then leave demurring since I am so near thee.
This is the season each Bird is a building,
You that have reason, O be not unwilling!