Whose lustre sickens at this mournful sight:

By all the pangs divided lovers feel,

Which sweet possession only knows to heal:

By all the horrors brooding o’er the deep,

Where fate, and ruin, sad dominion keep;

Though tyrant duty o’er me threatening stands,

And claims obedience to her stern commands,

Should fortune, cruel or auspicious prove,

Her smile, or frown, shall never change my love;

My heart, that now must every joy resign,