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.
More verses by Matthew Prior
- Cupid Turned Stroller. - From Anacreon
- Songs Set To Music: 25.
- Songs Set To Music: 19. Set By Mr. C. R.
- An Ode : While From Our Looks, Fair Nymph, You Guess
- Chaste Florimel