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Nahum Tate [1681], The History of King Richard The Second. Acted at the Theatre Royal, Under the Name of the Sicilian Usurper. With a Prefatory Epistle in Vindication of the author. Occasion'd by the prohibition of this play on the Stage. By N. Tate (Printed for Richard Tonson, and Jacob Tonson [etc.], London) [word count] [S31300].

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SONG for the third ACT. [secondary verse]

I.
Love's Delights were past Expressing
  Cou'd our happy Visions last.
  Pity 'tis they fly so fast;
Pity 'tis so short a Blessing.
Love's Delights were past expressing
  Cou'd our happy Visions last;
  Tide's of Pleasure in possessing
Sweetly Flow, but soon are past.
Love's Delights, &c.

II.
Calms in Love are fleeting Treasure,
  Only Visit and Away;
  Hasty Blessing we enjoy,
Tedious Hours of Grief we Measure:
Calms in Love are fleeting Treasure,
  Only Visit and Away,
  Sighs and Tears fore-run the Pleasure,
Jealous Rage succeeds the Joy.
Calms in Love, &c.

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THE HISTORY OF King Richard the II
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