The Swain design’d for Love and Me.
ATtend ye nymphs while I impart,
The secret wishes of my heart;
And tell what swain, if one there be,
Whom Fate designs for Love and Me.
Let reason o'er his thoughts preside,
In honour all his actions guide;
Stedfast in virtue let him be,
The swain design'd for Love and Me.
Let solid sense inform his mind,
With pure good nature sweetly join'd;
Sure friend to modest merit be,
The swain design'd for Love and Me.
Where sorrow prompts the pensive sigh,
Where grief bedew the dropping eye,
Melting in sympathy I see,
The swain design d for Love and Me.
Let sordid av'rice claim no part,
Within his tender gen'rous heart:
O be that heart from falshood free,
Devoted all to Love and Me.
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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