There's not a Swain, on the Plain, would be bless'd like me, oh! could you but on me smile; but you appear so severe that trembling with fear, my heart goes pit-a-pat, all the while: When I cry, must I die, you make no reply, but look shy, and with a scornful eye kill me by your cruelty. Oh! can you be so hard to me?
Rule a Wife and Have a Wife
A play - incidental music by Henry Purcell (1658/9 - 1695)
1. There's not a swain  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by John Fletcher (1579 - 1625)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , "Es gibt im Land keinen jungen Liebhaber", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Total word count: 66