Great God of Love! have Pity on your Slave,
Indulgent, hear, the humble Boon I crave:
Extinguish in my Breast this raging Flame,
Or make my charming Fair One feel the same;
On Her and Me alike your Power prove,
And grant Us both Indifference, or Love!
(Henry Baker)
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