A Song High State And Honours To Others Impart

By John Henry Dryden

High state and honours to others impart,

    But give me your heart:

  That treasure, that treasure alone,

    I beg for my own.

  So gentle a love, so fervent a fire,

    My soul does inspire;

  That treasure, that treasure alone,

    I beg for my own.

  Your love let me crave;

      Give me in possessing

    So matchless a blessing;

  That empire is all I would have.

      Love's my petition,

        All my ambition;

      If e'er you discover

      So faithful a lover,

      So real a flame,

      I'll die, I'll die,

      So give up my game.