STAY, ah stay, ah turn, ah whither wou’d you fly?
Ah stay, ah turn, ah whither wou’d you fly?
Whither, whither wou’d you fly?
Too Charming, too Charming, too relentless Maid,
I follow not to conquer, not to conquer,
I follow not to conquer, but to dye:
You of the fearful, of the fearful are afraid,
Ah stay, ah turn, ah whither wou’d you fly?
Whither, whither, whither, whither, ah whither wou’d you fly?
In vain, in vain I call, in vain, in vain I call,
While she like fleeting, fleeting Air;
When press’d by some tempestuous Wind,
Flys swifter from the voice of my Despair:
Nor cast a pitying, pitying, pitying, pitying look behind,
No not one, no not one, not one pitying, pitying look,
Not one pitying, pitying, pitying look behind,
No not one, no not one, not one pitying, pitying, pitying look behind,
No not one, no not one, not one pitying, pitying, pitying look behind.
A new Song. The Words by Mr. Tho. Wall. Set to Musick by Mr. Henry Eccles, Junior.