Love is cruel, love is sweet,--
Cruel, sweet.
Lovers sigh till lovers meet,
Sigh and meet--
Sigh and meet, and sigh again--
Cruel sweet! O sweetest pain!

Love is blind -- but love is sly,
Blind and sly.
Thoughts are bold, but words are shy
Bold and shy--
Bold and shy, and bold again--
Sweet is boldness,-- shyness pain.