The Lover's Songster/The Thorn
For other versions of this work, see From the white-blossom'd sloe.
The Thorn.
FROM the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested
A sprig her dear breast to adorn;
No, by heav'ns! I exclaim'd, may I perish,
If ever I plant in that bosom a thorn.
Then I shew'd her a ring, and implor'd her to marry,
She blush'd like the dawning of morn;
Yes, I'll consent, she replied, if you promise,
That no jealous rival shall laugh me to scorn.
No, by heav'ns! &c.