Love! inform thy faithful creature
How to keep his fair one's heart;
Must it be by truth of nature,
Or by poor dissembling art?
Tell the secret, show the wonder,
How we both may gain our ends;
I am lost if we're asunder,
Ever tortured if we're friends.
Songs Set To Music: 13. Set By Mr. De Fesch
written byMatthew Prior
© Matthew Prior