Strephonetta, why d'ye fly me, <br />With such rigour in your eyes: <br />Oh! 'tis cruel to deny me, <br />Since your charms I so much prize. <br /> <br />But I plainly see the reason <br />Why in vain I you pursued, <br />Her to gain 'twas out of season, <br />Who before the chaplain woo'd.<br /><br />Matthew Prior<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/songs-set-to-music-3-set-by-mr-de-fesch/
