English Words made to a Famous Italian Ayre, call'd Scoca puero.
LIfe's short Hours, too fast are hasting
Sweet Amours, can never, never be lasting;
Care and sorrow,
May to morrow,
Hinder the dear design of Pleasure,
Nor grant the happy leasure,
To count our darling Treasure;
Time, time Celia is flying,
Whilst you are denying,
Dissolution, and Confusion
The passing Bell tolling,
Relations condoling
Horror will soon be surrounding,
Nature confounding;
Make then amends whilst you may,
My dear for that sad Day,
Our Loves kind advances,
Our Songs and our Dances,
Age will conclude, and Amorous trances;
Beauty with all 'tis charms,
Oh pitty, oh pitty will freez in my Arms.
An image should appear at this position in the text. To use the entire page scan as a placeholder, edit this page and replace "{{missing image}}" with "{{raw image|Songs compleat, pleasant and divertive (Wit and mirth or, Pills to purge melancholy).djvu/239}}". Otherwise, if you are able to provide the image then please do so. For guidance, see Wikisource:Image guidelines and Help:Adding images. |
Cursory Remarks on some Few, and partilarly the No Beauty of Tunbridge Wells.
TO shew Tunbridge Wells,
Other Waters excells,
In the various effects of the blessing;
I can prove without pain,
They can work on the Brain,
As well as the Bladder by P sing.