I hop'd for Heav'n, which I had lately seen,

But ne'er perceiv'd the gulf between:

In vain for bliss did my presumptions seek,

My love so strong

I could not hold my tongue,

My heart so feeble that I durst not speak.

II.

Yet why do I my constitution blame,

10Since all my heart is out of frame?

'Twere better, sure, my passion to appease,