Ah! how sweet it is to love; how gay is young desire! And what pleasing pains we prove, When first we feel a lover's fire; Pains of love are sweeter far, Than all other pleasures are.
Tyrannic Love -or- The Royal Martyr
A play - incidental music by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695)
2. Ah! how sweet it is to love  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by John Dryden (1631 - 1700), appears in Tyrannic Love
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