ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND,
WITH A RING.
Nay, pretty Gertrude, do not fear me
Kind Friendship's easy chain am I,
No fickle tyrant bids thee wear me,
My bondage ne'er shall force a sigh;
Kind Friendship's easy chain am I,
No fickle tyrant bids thee wear me,
My bondage ne'er shall force a sigh;
Then let me clasp thy taper finger,
In me no treacherous fetter fear,
I will but ask thy thoughts to linger
Upon the friend who plac'd me there.
In me no treacherous fetter fear,
I will but ask thy thoughts to linger
Upon the friend who plac'd me there.