Poems (Osgood)/"Love will not stay to be weighed"

by Frances Sargent Osgood

"LOVE WILL NOT STAY TO BE WEIGHED."

a song.

    The maiden in doubt,
    Said to Love with a pout,
"I shall weigh you with Wealth ere I take you!"
    "Ah!" said Cupid, "take care!
    Little Beauty, beware!
Lest Love should forever forsake you!"

    She toss'd hack her curls,
    Braided lightly with pearls,—
"So saucy, young sir? I defy you!"
    Then in one scale she roll'd
    Half a million of gold,—
"Come hither, you rogue! let me try you!"

    Love sigh'd and Love smiled,
    Love's a singular child;
Come, come now! jump in!" said the maid;
    But she coax'd him in vain;
    For he flew from her chain,
Singing—"Love will not stay to be weigh'd!"

    Then, since my heart's offer
    With Wealth's shining coffer
You balance,—remember, fair maid!
    It were idle—'twere naught—
    It were not worth a thought,
The love that would stay to be weigh'd!