To Mrs. M. A. at Parting versuri

Versuri Katherine Philips – To Mrs. M. A. at Parting lyrics

1.
I have examined and I find
Of all that favour me
There`s none I grieve to leave behind
But only, only thee.
To part with thee I needs must die
Could parting sep`rate thee and I.

2.
But neither Chance nor Compliment
Did element our Love;
`Twas sacred sympathy was lent
Us from the Quire above.
That friendship fortune did create,
Still fears a wound from time or fate.

3.
Our chang`d and mingled souls are grown
To such acquaintance now,
That if each would resu
me her own
Alas! We know not how.
We have each other so engross`d
That each is in the union lost.

4.
And thus we can no absence know
Nor shall we be confin`d;
Our active souls will daily go
To learn each other`s mind.
Nay should we never meet to sense
Our souls would hold intelligence.

5.
Inspired with a flame divine
I scorn to court a stay;
For from that noble soul of thine
I ne`er can be away.
But I shall weep when thou dost grieve
Nor can I die whilst thou dost live.

6.
By my own temper I shall guess
At thy felicity,
And only like my happiness
Because it pleaseth thee.
Our hearts at any time will tell
If thou, or I be sick or well.

7.
All honour sure I must pretend,
All that is good or great;
She that would be Rosania`s friend,
Must be at least compleat,
If I have any Bravery,
`Tis cause I have so much of thee.

8.
Thy Leiger Soul in me shall lie,
And all thy thoughts reveal;
Then back again with mine shall fly
And thence to me shall steal.
Thus still to one another tend;
Such is the sacred name of friend.

9.
Thus our twin souls in one shall grow,
And teach the world new Love,
Redeem the age and sex, and show
A Flame Fate dares not move:
And courting death to be our friend.
Our Lives together we shall end.

10.
A Dew shall dwell upon our Tomb
Of such a Quality
That fighting Armies thither come
Shall reconciled be.
We`ll ask no epitaph but say:
Orinda and Rosannia.