TESTO DEL LIED

"The warning"
di Mrs. Rowson (1762-1824)

List to me, ye gentle fair:
Cupid oft in ambush lies,
Of the urchin have a care,
Lest he take you by surprise.
He with trifles will inflame
The hearts of us poor silly maids,
And oft-times he takes his aim
From shoulder knots and smart cockades.
Oft his darts the heart assail
From a pair of brilliant eyes;
Never were they known to fail,
Wet with tears or borne on sighs.
Beauteous too he seems to be,
Sweet as roses in the morn;
But beneath these beauties he,
Like the rose, conceals a thorn.
List to me, ye gentle fair:
Cupid oft in ambush lies,
Of the urchin have a care,
Lest he take you by surprise.