ONLY tell her that I love:   Leave the rest to her and Fate: Some kind planet from above May perhaps her pity move:   Lovers on their stars must wait.— Only tell her that I love!

Why, O why should I despair!   Mercy 's pictured in her eye: If she once vouchsafe to hear, Welcome Hope and farewell Fear!   She 's too good to let me die.— Why, O why should I despair?