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