| John Dryden (1631–1700). The Poems of John Dryden. 1913. | | | | Songs, Odes, and Lyrical Pieces | | A Song (“High State and Honours to others impart”) |
| | | HIGH 1 State and Honours to others impart, | |
| But give me your Heart: | |
| That Treasure, that Treasure alone, | |
| I beg for my own. | |
| So gentle a Love, so fervent a Fire, | 5 |
| My Soul does inspire. | |
| That Treasure, that Treasure alone, | |
| I beg for my own. | |
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| Your Love let me crave, | |
| Give me in Possessing | 10 |
| So matchless a Blessing; | |
| That Empire is all I wou’d have. | |
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| Love’s my Petition, | |
| All my Ambition; | |
| If e’er you discover | 15 |
| So faithful a Lover, | |
| So real a Flame, | |
| I’ll die, I’ll die, | |
| So give up my Game. | |
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