Poems (Gould, 1833)/Cupid's Warning

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CUPID'S WARNING.
 'Take heed! take heed!
 They will go with speed;
For I 've just new-strung my bow!
My quiver is full; and if oft I pull,
Some arrow may hit, you know,
 You know, You know,
Some arrow may hit, you know.'

 'Oh! pull away,'
 Did the maiden say,
'For who is the coward to mind
A shaft that's flung by a boy so young,
When both of his eyes are blind,
 Are blind, are blind,
When both of his eyes are blind?'

 His bow he drew;
 And the shafts they flew,
Till the maiden was heard to cry,
'Oh! take the dart from my aching heart,
Dear Cupid, or else I die!
 I die, I die,
Dear Cupid, or else I die!'

 He said, and smiled,
 'I am but a child,
And should have no skill to find,
E'en with both my eyes, where the dart now lies,
Then you know, fair maid, I 'm blind,
 I 'm blind, I 'm blind,
You know, fair maid, I 'm blind!'

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