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Thread #106161   Message #2192608
Posted By: Susan of DT
13-Nov-07 - 08:06 AM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Derwentwater's Farewell
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Derwentwater's Farewell
Here is I'll Never Love Thee More from D'Urfey. No William, no Margaret, no ghost.

I'LL NEVER LOVE THEE MORE

My Dear and only Love take heed,
How thou thy self expose ;
And let not longing Lovers feed,
-Upon such looks as those
I'll Marble Wall thee round about,
And Build without a Door ;
But if my Love doth once break out,
I'll never Love thee more.

If thou hast love that thou refine,
And tho' thou seest me not ;
Yet paralell'd that Heart of thine
Shall never be forgot
But if Unconstancy admit,
A Stranger to bear sway;
My Treasure that proves counterfeit,
And he may gain the Day.

I'll lock my self within a Cell,
And wander under Ground
For there is no such Faith in her,
As there is to be found
I'll curse the Day that e'er thy Face,
My Soul did so betray ;
And so for ever, evermore,
I'll sing Oh well-a-day!

Like Alexander I will prove,
For I will reign alone ;
I'll have no Partners in my Love,
Nor Rivals in my "Throne
I'll do by thee as Nero did,
When Rome was set on fire ;
Not only all relief forbid,
    But to the Hills retire.
I'll fold my Arms like Ensigns up,
Thy falshood to deplore ;
And after such a bitter Cup,
I'll never love thee more.
Yet for the Love I bore thee once,
And lest that Love should die ;
A Marble Tomb of Stone I'll write,
The Truth to testifie
That all the Pilgrims passing by,
May see and so implore ;
And stay and read the reason why,
I'll never love thee more.

From D'Urfey Pills to Purge Melancholy, Vol 6, page 122, originally from 1719
Tune used for Derwentwater's Lament and Danny Deever
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