Grim king of the ghosts, be true,
And hurry me hence away,
My languishing life to you
A tribute I freely pay. 60
To the elysian shades I post
In hopes to be freed from care.
Where many a bleeding ghost
Is hovering in the air.
XX.
THE LADY DISTRACTED WITH LOVE,
Mad Song the Fourth,
Was originally sung in one of Tom D'urfey's comedies of Don Quixote in 1694 and 1696; and probably composed by himself. In the several stanzas, the author represents his pretty Mad-woman as 1. sullenly mad: 2. mirthfully mad: 3. melancholy mad: 4. fantastically mad: and 5. stark mad. Both this, and Num. XXII. are printed from D'urfey's Pills to purge Melancholy, 1719, vol. i.
From rosie bowers, where sleeps the god of love,
Hither ye little wanton cupids fly;
Teach me in soft melodious strains to move
With tender passion my heart's darling joy:
Ah! let the soul of musick tune my voice, 5
To win dear Strephon, who my soul enjoys.