charles sedley - phyllis is my only joy - ghizela rowe lyrics

phyllis is my only joy
faithless as the winds or seas;
sometimes coming, sometimes coy
yet she never fails to please;
if with a frown
i am cast down
phyllis smiling
and beguiling
makes me happier than before

though, alas! too late i find
nothing can her fancy fix
yet the moment she is kind
i forgive her all her tricks;
which, though i see
i can’t get free;
she deceiving
i believing;
what need lovers wish for more?