| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | Song: ‘Only tell her that I love’ | | By John Cutts, Lord Cutts (1661–1707) |
| | | ONLY tell her that I love: | |
| Leave the rest to her and Fate: | |
| Some kind planet from above | |
| May perhaps her pity move: | |
| Lovers on their stars must wait;— | 5 |
| Only tell her that I love! | |
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| Why, O why should I despair? | |
| Mercy’s pictured in her eye: | |
| If she once vouchsafe to hear, | |
| Welcome Hope and farewell Fear! | 10 |
| She’s too good to let me die;— | |
| Why, O why should I despair? | | | | |
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