Fair Delia while each sighing swain <br />Whose heart your charms adores, <br />Fills with his tender vows the plain, <br />And favoring smiles implores: <br />My Wishes varying from the rest <br />Demand a different boon, <br />And only ask this one request, <br />The mercy of a frown. <br />Ah! far from me those witching smiles <br />Those languid eyes remove, <br />Whose charms my senses might surprise, <br />And tempt my heart to Love; <br />The chilling frowns of cold disdain <br />I'll patiently endure, <br />Content to bear a transient pain <br />My freedom to secure.<br /><br />Henry James Pye<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/song-fair-delia-while-each-sighing-swain/
