| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910. | | | | A Song: ‘My dear mistress has a heart’ | | By John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680) |
| | | MY dear mistress has a heart | |
| Soft as those kind looks she gave me; | |
| When with love’s resistless art, | |
| And her eyes, she did enslave me. | |
| But her constancy’s so weak | 5 |
| She’s so wild and apt to wander; | |
| That my jealous heart would break, | |
| Should we live one day asunder. | |
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| Melting joys about her move, | |
| Killing pleasures, wounding blisses; | 10 |
| She can dress her eyes in love, | |
| And her lips can arm with kisses. | |
| Angels listen when she speaks, | |
| She’s my delight, all mankind’s wonder; | |
| But my jealous heart would break, | 15 |
| Should we live one day asunder. | | | | |
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