The happy Pair.
A new Song, sung by Mr. Abell,
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IANTHE the Lovely, the Joy of her Swain,
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By Iphis was lovd, and lovd Iphis again:
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She livd in the Youth, and the Youth in the Fair:
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Their Pleasures were Equal, and Equal their Care:
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No Time nor Enjoyment their Dottage withdrew;
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But the longer they livd,
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But the longer they livd,
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Still the Kinder they grew.
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A Passion so Happy, allarmd all the Plain;
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Some Envyd the Nymph, but more Envyd the Swain;
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Some swore twould be pity their Loves to invade;
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That the Lovers each one, for each other were Made:
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But All All consented, That none eer yet knew,
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A Nymph half so Fair,
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A Nymph half so Fair,
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Nor a Shepherd so True.
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For in their Beginning of Love we did find
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They strove, in their Love, who should still prove more kind:
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The Swain and the Nymph, by the Dawn of the Day
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In Innocent Love past the Minutes away,
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In each others Arms. Give the Lovers their due,
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They always were Constant,
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They always were Constant,
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And always were True.
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And several Years their True Love has gone on,
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And they are as good as when first they began:
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No Ends of our Loving! (the Nymph she did cry)
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No! No! (says the Shepherd) Ill Love till I Die.
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So Constant this Pair was, so Faithfull and True.
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That the longer they livd,
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That the longer they livd,
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Still the Fonder they grew.
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Love saw them, with Pleasure, and vowd to take Care
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Of the Constant, the Faithful, the Innocent Pair;
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What Either do want, Ill bid Either to move.
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But they wanted nothing, but Ever to Love.
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It was all that to Bless them, God Cupid could do,
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That they still might be Kind,
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That they still might be Kind,
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And they still might be True.
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