John Blow - Lovely Selina - текст песни (слова)

Lovely Selina, innocent and free
 from all the dangerous arts of love,
 thus in a melancholy grove
 enjoy'd the sweetness of her privacy;
 'till envious gods, designing to undo her,
 dispatch'd the swain not unlike  then to woo her.
 
 It was not long 'ere the design did take;
 a gentle youth, born to persuade
 deceiv'd the too too easy maid,
 her scrip  and garlands soon she did forsake,
 and rashly told the secrets of her heart
 which this fond man would evermore impart.
 
 False Florimel, joy of my heart, said she,
 'tis hard to love, and love in vain,
 to love, and not be lov'd again;
 and why should love and prudence disagree?
 Pity ye pow'rs that sit at ease above,
 if 'ere you know what 'tis to be in love.