A Song (“High State and Honours to others impart”)

HIGH State and Honours to others impart,

But give me your Heart:

That Treasure, that Treasure alone,

I beg for my own.

So gentle a Love, so fervent a Fire,

My Soul does inspire.

That Treasure, that Treasure alone,

I beg for my own.

Your Love let me crave,

Give me in Possessing

So matchless a Blessing;

That Empire is all I wou’d have.

Love’s my Petition,

All my Ambition;

If e’er you discover

So faithful a Lover,

So real a Flame,

I’ll die, I’ll die,

So give up my Game.