Ah! Me! With That False One

Ah! me! with that false one,
How swiftly time past!
Time ever remember'd!
Too happy to last!

But O! speak not his name,
Source of tender regret,
For it pleasures recalls
I had better forget.

Be still then my heart,
And thy fondness restrain,
Long treasur'd for one,
But ah! treasur'd in vain,

Forget that to love me
For ever, he swore
And only remember
He loves me no more.

Oh! say is there ought,
That kind fate can bestow
So dear as true passion's
First delicate glow,

When hearts deeply conscious,
Repress the fond sigh,
While the mutual avowal still
Beams from the eye.

But cease foolish heart,
On such moments to dwell,
Forget the fond meeting,
And fonder farewell.

Forget that to love me
Forever he swore,
And only remember
He loves me no more.