Paroles de Intoxicating Despair

Think'st thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning Parrots so can learn to prate our speech by pieces gleaming Nurses teach their children so about the time of weaning Think'st thou to seduce me then with words that have no meaning This first step to the madness Is the excess of sadness Since false desire could borrow Tears of dissembled sorrow In intoxicating despair We must all be laid Gnawing at stone Ruth forgive me if I erred from humane heart's compassion When I laughed sometimes too much to see their foolish fashion But alas who else could do that or find such good occasion Ruth forgive me if I erred from humane heart's compassion (From law of nature they digress whose form suits not their mind)