'Tis you alone that can my heart subdue,
To you alone it always shall be true.'
The next lines are also remarkable for the delicacy and happy turn of the expressions—
'Though Phillis, from prevailing charms,
Have forc'd my Delia from my arms,
Think not your conquest to maintain
By rigour or unjust disdain.
In vain, fair nymph, in vain you strive,
For Love doth seldom Hope survive.
My heart may languish for a time,