• From “Tyrannic Love,” Act IV. Sc. 1.

    AH, how sweet it is to love!
      Ah, how gay is young desire!
    And what pleasing pains we prove
      When we first approach love’s fire!
    Pains of love be sweeter far
    Than all other pleasures are.

    Sighs which are from lovers blown
      Do but gently heave the heart:
    E’en the tears they shed...