TO LOVE.

Why should I blush to own I love?

‘ Tis Love that rules the realms above.

Why should I blush to say to all,

That Virtue holds my heart in thrall?

Why should I seek the thickest shade,

Lest Love's dear secret be betray'd?

Why the stern brow deceitful move,

When I am languishing with love?

Is it weakness thus to dwell

On passion that I dare not tell?

Such weakness I would ever prove;

‘ Tis painful, though‘ tis sweet to love.