¡ Song An hundred thousand oaths your fears, I could not deeper love. 487 Charles Sedley [1639?-1710] Love sits long: Sits long and arises drunken, But not with the feast and the wine; He reeleth with his own heart, That great, rich Vine. James Thomson [1834-1882] SONG FAIN Would I change that note To which fond love hath charmed me, Long, long to sing by rote, Fancying that that harmed me: Yet when this thought doth come,— Of all delight. I have no other choice O love, they wrong thee much As nothing can be sweeter. I know thee what thou art, Unknown CUPID STUNG CUPID once upon a bed Of roses laid his weary head; Within the leaves a slumbering bee. To Venus quick he runs, he flies; I I CUPID DROWNED T'OTHER day, as I was twining Roses, for a crown to dine in, By the wings I picked him up Of my wine I plunged and sank him, ! Then what d'ye think I did?—I drank him. Faith, I thought him dead. Not he! } There he lives with ten-fold glee; "In the Days of Old" And now this moment with his wings SONG 489. Leigh Hunt [1784-1859] OH! say not woman's heart is bought Oh! say not woman's false as fair, That like the bee she ranges! Still seeking flowers more sweet and rare, As fickle fancy changes. Ah! no, the love that first can warm Will leave her bosom never; 1 No second passion e'er can charm, of She loves, and loves for ever. Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866] "IN THE DAYS OF OLD" From "Crotchet Castle" IN the days of old Lovers felt true passion, Through the forests wild," 1 If the damsel smiled Now one day's caprice Love is bought and sold. In the days of old. Thomas Love Peacock (1785-1866] SONG How delicious is the winning Yet remember, 'midst your wooing, Love he comes, and Love he tarries, Longest stays, when sorest chidden; Laughs and flies, when pressed and bidden. Bind the sea to slumber stilly, Bind its odor to the lily, Bind the aspen ne'er to quiver, Then bind Love to last forever! Love's a fire that needs renewal Of fresh beauty for its fuel; Love's wing moults when caged and captured, Only free, he soars enraptured, |