CUPID'S WARNING - by Hannah Flagg Gould

 

CUPID'S  WARNING by Hannah Flagg Gould     "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!"