Hurrah for the Bonnets of Blue (Glasgow, 1829)/Oh Say Not Woman's Love is Bought

by Isaac Pocock

OH SAY NOT WOMAN’S LOVE IS BOUGHT.

Oh! say not woman’s love is bought
With vain and empty treasure;
Oh! say not woman’s heart is caught
By every idle pleasure.

When first her gentle bosom knows
Love’s flame, it wanders never;
Deep in her heart the passion glows—
She loves, and loves for ever.

Oh! say not woman’s false as fair;
That like the bee she ranges,
Still seeking flowers more sweet and rare,
As fickle fancy changes.

Ah no! the love that first can warm,
Will leave her bosom never:
No second passion e’er can charm—
She, loves, and loves for ever.

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