Metrical essays :: :: University of Virginia Library

Dark fate will follow love,
Cloud his last ray;
Time but a traitor prove,
Hope too betray:
No! still my heart is free,
Thus it shall ever be;
Think'st thou I'll bend to thee?—
Never, Love, never!

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II

Seas, which all tranquil seem,
Tempests o'ertake;
And from Love's sunny dream
Soon we awake,
To endure looks of scorn,
Words, of wild anger born;
Thus shall I pine forlorn?
Never Love, never!

LE POUR.

III

Lady, fate's darkest hours
Weak minds estrange,
But hearts attached as ours
Time cannot change;
Souls in affection strong
Quail not at fortune's wrong;
Love shall I scorn thy song?
Never, oh, never!

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IV

Turn, turn thine eyes on me,
Young beauty bright;
Life without love would be
One endless night:
They who his rule condemn,
Never Love breathed to them;
Shall we his gifts contemn?
Never, oh, never!