| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Song: ‘No, no, poor suffering heart, no change endeavour’ | | By John Dryden (1631–1700) |
| | | NO, 1 no, poor suffering heart, no change endeavour; | |
| Choose to sustain the smart, rather than leave her. | |
| My ravished eyes behold such charms about her, | |
| I can die with her, but not live without her; | |
| One tender sigh of hers to see me languish, | 5 |
| Will more than pay the price of my past anguish. | |
| Beware, O cruel fair, how you smile on me, | |
| ’Twas a kind look of yours that has undone me. | |
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| Love has in store for me one happy minute, | |
| And she will end my pain who did begin it; | 10 |
| Then no day void of bliss or pleasure leaving, | |
| Ages shall slide away without perceiving: | |
| Cupid shall guard the door, the more to please us, | |
| And keep out Time and Death, when they would seize us: | |
| Time and Death shall depart, and say, in flying, | 15 |
| Love has found out a way to live by dying. | |
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