Song
July 5, 2023The Night Cometh
July 5, 2023A Thousand Martyrs I Have Made
A thousand Martyrs I have made,
All sacrific’d to my desire;
A thousand Beauties have betray’d,
That languish in resistless Fire.
The untam’d Heart to hand I brought,
And fixt the wild and wandring Thought.
I never vow’d nor sigh’d in vain
But both, thô false, were well receiv’d.
The Fair are pleas’d to give us pain,
And what they wish is soon believ’d.
And thô I talked of Wounds and Smart,
Loves Pleasures only toucht my Heart.
Alone the Glory and the Spoil
I always Laughing bore away;
The Triumphs, without Pain or Toil,
Without the Hell, the Heav’n of Joy.
And while I thus at random rove
Despise the Fools that whine for Love.
Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was an English playwright, poet, and novelist. She was one of the first English women to earn her living through writing and is best known for her plays, which were performed during the Restoration period. Some of her notable works include "The Rover" (1677), "Oroonoko" (1688), and "The Lucky Chance" (1687).