Pastoral

George.
Ah! Kitty, my Kitty,
Dost love me sincerely,
Devotedly, dearly?
Then turn not away.

Catherine.
Ah! Geordie, my Geordie,
Dost love me sincerely,
Devotedly, dearly?
Beloved one, say!

George.
O couldst thou but know, love,
How I have been sighing,
'Twixt living and dying,
And sickening for thee.

Catherine.
Poor patient! console thee;
Affection will borrow
A charm out of sorrow,
If faithful thou be.

George.
O! if thine affection
For others is glowing,
The streamlet here flowing
Shall roll o'er my grave.

Catherine.
Scribe, bailiff, and shepherd,
And landlord, and rheinhard,
The ox, and the swineherd,
My answer shall have.

George.
O mis'ry of mis'ries!
Why sport thus to grieve me?
Thou canst not, love! leave me;
Indeed thou art mine.

Catherine.
Be calm, and I'll tell thee—
That thee—thee alone,
I Will call all mine own—I
Will only be thine.