Farewell ungrateful traitor, br Farewell my perjured swain, br Let never injured creature br Believe a man again. br The pleasure of possessing br Surpasses all expressing, br But 'tis too short a blessing, br And love too long a pain. br br 'Tis easy to deceive us br In pity of your pain, br But when we love you leave us br To rail at you in vain. br Before we have descried it, br There is no bliss beside it, br But she that once has tried it br Will never love again. br br The passion you pretended br Was only to obtain, br But when the charm is ended br The charmer you disdain. br Your love by ours we measure br Till we have lost our treasure, br But dying is a pleasure, br When living is a pain.