thou fair eliza

turn again, thou fair eliza!

ae kind blink before we part;

rue on thy despairing lover,

can'st thou break his faithfu' heart?

turn again, thou fair eliza!

if to love thy heart denies,

oh, in pity hide the sentence

under friendship's kind disguise!

thee, sweet maid, hae i offended?

my offence is loving thee;

can'st thou wreck his peace for ever,

wha for thine would gladly die?