Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Song -- Rondeau

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu - Song -- Rondeau

Finish these langours! Oh! I'm sick br Of dying airs, I know the trick; br Long since I've learn'd to well explain br Th'unmeaning cant of fire and pain, br And see through all the senseless lies br Of burning darts from killing eyes; br I'm tir'd with this continual rout br Of bowing low and leading out. br Finish, &c. br Finish this tedious dangling trade, br By which so many fools are made; br For fools they are, whom you can please br By such affected airs as these: br At opera near my box to stand, br And slyly press the given hand, br Thus may you wait whole years in vain; br But sure you would, were you in pain. br Finish, &c.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-07

Duration: 01:02

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