Part of Lyric Harmony
(Largo)
Gentle Youth, O! tell me why,
Tears are starting from my Eye,
When each night from you I part,
Why the Sigh that rends my Heart?
Gentle Youth, O! tell me true,
Is it then the same with you?
Tell me, when th'appointed Hour,
Calls us to the secret Bow'r,
Blushing, rembling why I run,
Early as the rising Sun?
Gentle Youth, O! tell me true,
Is it then the same with you?
Tell me when the Pains I feel
Pungeant as the Wounds of Steel,
When I feel the thrilling smart,
Why I bless the pointed Dart?
Gentle Youth, O! tell me true,
Is it then the same with you?