THE KEYS OF LOVE
AS I went out in ev'ning clear,
down by a shady grove,
With hastly steps as I went down,
there I did spy my love,
As she lay sleepng on the grass,
most beautiful and fair,
You'd sworn if you had view'd the lass,
the Queen of love was there.
I first convey'd my ruby lips,
unto her snow-white breast,
I next convey'd my quick'ning arms,
around her slender waist,
She wak'd out of her drowsy sleep,
like one be'ng in suprise;
Her am'rous looks have stole my heart,
by the moving of her eyes
She said. I'm ruin'd and undone,
and falsely I'm betray'd:
Is this the way you've ra'cn to woo,
a simple harmless maid?
You Gods, she cry'd, you've wounded me,
wou'd you wrong a maid so young?
Her am'rous saying stole my heart,
by the moving of her tongue.
I love my love, and I make no doubt,
but it's for love again;
And if she says she loves me not,
I'll laugh at her disdain:
If she be constant, I'll be true,
and so we shall agree.
And if she says she loves me not,
I'll change as well as she,
There is twelve months into the year,
as I hear people say;
The merriest month, in all the year,
is the months of June and May;
These are the months I choose my love,
if it pleases her desire;
Young women carry the keys of Love,
men's hearts are all on fire.
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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