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STEEL YOUR HEART AGAIN, BOY.

Air—VALETTA'S.

I.
Steel your heart again, Boy.
If love has lost its joy
Wherefore keep the pain, Boy?
Drown them together, Boy.
There are hundreds fair as she, Lad;
If luck with one is past,
Try the next, and see, Lad,
If she's kinder than the last.

II.
Think of nobler aims, Man,
You're made for higher things,
Than to court these haughty dames, Man.
Up! plume your spirit's wings!
Glory beams; gaze well upon her,
And these trifles soar above;
But you ne'er can rise in honour,
If you fall so deep in love.

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