Oh! Alas, I am in love, and cannot speak it My mind I dare not move nor ne'er can break it She doth so far excel all and each other My mind I cannot tell, when we are together But I'll take heart to me, I will reveal it I'll try her constancy, I'll not conceal it But alas, but alas, I doe consider I cannot break my mind, when we are together The more I strive to hide, the more it flameth These pains I cannot bide, my wits lameth And it hidden be, will burn for ever Unless I speak my mind, when we are together I think 'twere good I tried, and went to prove her And lay all fear aside, stoutly to move her But when I am going to speak, my tongue doth quiver And will not break my mind, when we are together