When You Bid Me Love Another
Amelia Alderson Opie
1769 to 1853
When you bid me love another
And your love for me forego,
Think you I my flame will smother
No ah! no—
I have lov'd you well, & long
Shades, or crowded scenes among,
Should I leave you
Sure 'twould grieve you!
Don't say no
Words, & looks so true, & tender
Such as I on you bestow
Could you lightly now surrender?
No, ah! no
You would sometimes wish me nigh
Speak my name, & softly sigh
Ne'er forget me
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