[I am]1 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]2 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.

¹ Eccles: "I'm"
² Eccles: "Tyrant"

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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