No, resistance is but vain

No, no, no, no, Resistance is but vain,
And only adds new weight to Cupid's Chain:
A Thousand Ways, a Thousand Arts,
The Tyrant knows to Captivate our Hearts:
Sometimes he Sighs imploys, and sometimes tries
The Universal Language of the Eyes:
The Fierce, with Fierceness he destroys:
The Weak with Tenderness decoys.
He kills the Strong with Joy, the Weak with Pain:
No, no, no, no, Resistance is but vain.

by Anthony Henly

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by Henry Purcell (1658/9-1695) , "No, resistance is but vain", Z. 601, from Incidental Music to The Maid's Last Prayer -or- Any Rather Than Fail, no. 2.

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