Oxford Book of English Verse, Part 3 by  Arthur Quiller-Couch

Song

Only tell her that I love.

Leave the rest to her and Fate:

Some kind planet from above

May perhaps her pity move:

Lovers on their stars must wait.—

Only tell her that I love!


Why, O why should I despair!

Mercy's pictured in her eye:

If she once vouchsafe to hear,

Welcome Hope and farewell Fear!

She's too good to let me die.—

Why, O why should I despair?

— John Cutts, Lord Cutts
1661–1707   


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