William Drummond - Poems: The First Part LV lyrics

Place me where angry Titan burns the Moor, And thirsty Afric fiery monsters brings, Or where the new-born phoenix spreads her wings, And troops of wond'ring birds her flight adore; Place me by Gange, or Ind's empamper'd shore, Where smiling heavens on earth cause double springs; Place me where Neptune's quire of syrens sings, Or where, made hoarse through cold, he leaves to roar; Me place where Fortune doth her darlings crown, A wonder or a spark in Envy's eye, Or let outrageous fates upon me frown, And pity wailing see disaster'd me; Affection's print my mind so deep doth prove, I may forget myself, but not my love.