I am arm'd, and declare 
For a Vigerous war;
By my Bow and my Quiver I swear
Not a Rebel to Love will I spare, 
This Shaft I will draw to the Head, 
And shoot the great Persian, shoot him dead.
The Tyrani shall die, there's one will deny him,
Let him Court her with Crowns she shall fly him, 
This Shaft I will draw to the Head,
And shoot the great Archer dead.

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Confirmed with Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love : as it is acted at the theatre in Little-Lincoln's-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants by John Banks, printed for Richard Bentley at the Post-Office in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, London 1696, Act 4, page 41. The second of two songs.

Text Authorship:

• by John Banks (1650 - 1706), "Song", appears in Cyrus the Great, or, The tragedy of love, first published 1696 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• by John Eccles (1668 - 1735), "Oh! Take him gently", 1695, from the incidental music to Cyrus the Great
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