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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. The Book of Restoration Verse. 1910.

Song: ‘Only tell her that I love’

John Cutts, Lord Cutts (1661–1707)

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?