The Works of the Late Aaron Hill ... In Four Volumes. Consisting of Letters on Various Subjects, And of Original Poems, Moral and Facetious. With An Essay on the Art of Acting |
A SONG.
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A SONG.
[Love's the cause of all my weeping]
I
Love's the cause of all my weeping,Cou'd I but declare my pain;
He, who has my heart, in keeping,
Might be brought to love again.
II
Maiden's virtue spoils their pleasure;If it were but once decreed,
Virgins, for themselves, might measure,
Love would, then, be sweet, indeed.
III
But that check upon our nature,Freezing up our youthful heats,
Only spoils a pretty creature,
Teaching her to gnaw the sheets.
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