| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Song: ‘You charmed me not with that fair face’ | | By John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| | | YOU 1 charmed me not with that fair face, | |
| Though it was all divine: | |
| To be another’s is the grace | |
| That makes me wish you mine. | |
| The gods and fortune take their part | 5 |
| Who, like young monarchs, fight, | |
| And boldly dare invade that heart | |
| Which is another’s right. | |
| First, mad with hope, we undertake | |
| To pull up every bar; | 10 |
| But, once possessed, we faintly make | |
| A dull defensive war. | |
| Now, every friend is turned a foe, | |
| In hope to get our store: | |
| And passion makes us cowards grow, | 15 |
| Which made us brave before. | |
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