| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Georgian Verse. 1909. | | | | Song: ‘Had I a heart for falsehood framed’ | | By Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) |
| | | HAD I a heart for falsehood framed, | |
| I ne’er could injure you; | |
| For, tho’ your tongue no promise claimed, | |
| Your charms would make me true; | |
| Then, lady, dread not here deceit, | 5 |
| Nor fear to suffer wrong, | |
| For friends in all the aged you’ll meet, | |
| And lovers in the young. | |
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| But when they find that you have blessed | |
| Another with your heart, | 10 |
| They’ll bid aspiring passion rest, | |
| And act a brother’s part. | |
| Then, lady, dread not here deceit, | |
| Nor fear to suffer wrong, | |
| For friends in all the aged you’ll meet, | 15 |
| And brothers in the young. | | | | |
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