Her painted face deceiveth,
And cheats us into pain.
3.
Oh pleasure! What is pleasure!
A phantom of the mind;
We seize it as a treasure,
’Tis emptiness we find:
The heart for pleasure sigheth,
But who hath pleasure known!
Ere it is born, it dieth;
Her painted face deceiveth,
And cheats us into pain.
3.
Oh pleasure! What is pleasure!
A phantom of the mind;
We seize it as a treasure,
’Tis emptiness we find:
The heart for pleasure sigheth,
But who hath pleasure known!
Ere it is born, it dieth;