by John Dryden (1631 - 1700)

Take me, take me, some of you
 (Sung text for setting by J. Hook)
 See original
Language: English 
Young I am and yet unskilled
How to make a lover yield,
How to keep, and how to gain,
When to love, and when to feign. 

Take me, take me, some of you,
While I yet am young and true;


Stay not till I learn the way
How to fib and how betray,
E'er I can my thoughts disguise,
Force a blush or roll my eyes.
Take me, take me, some of you,
While I yet am young and true.

Could I find a blooming youth,
Full of love and full of truth,
Of honest mind and noble mien,
I should long to be sixteen.
Take me, take me, some of you,
While I yet am young and true.

Composition:

    Set to music by James Hook (1746 - 1827), "Take me, take me, some of you"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 106