when the god of merry love - thomas campion lyrics

when the god of merry love
as yet in his cradle lay
thus his wither’d nurse did say
thou a wanton boy will prove
to deceive the powers above;
for by thy continual smiling
i see thy power of beguiling

therewith she the babe did kiss
when a sudden fire out came
from those burning lips of his
that did her with love enflame
but none would regard the same
so that, to her day of dying
the old wretch liv’d ever crying