• Of all the torments, all the cares,
      With which our lives are curst;
    Of all the plagues a lover bears,
      Sure rivals are the worst!
    By partners in each other kind,
      Afflictions easier grow;
    In love alone we hate to find
      Companions of our woe.

    Sylvia, for all the pangs you see
      Are laboring in my breast,
    I...