Elizabeth Turner
 (fl.1750 - 1756)

When first my Phillis did appear
 (T.2Vn.Continuo)
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Published in "A Collection of Songs with Symphonies", London, 1756.
Lyrics: The words by a gentleman

When first my Phillis did appear,
I look'd and thought her passing fair;
And when she spoke, attention hung
To catch the music of her tongue.
But still I thought myself secure;
She pleas'd, but ah! could nothing more.

Tho' all the day I gaz'd, my sight
Was still engag'd with new delight;
All day I listen'd, still I found
New life, new sense in ev'ry sound:
And what so slightly pleas'd before,
I now admir'd, or something more.

But when my wishes I confess'd,
With each fond thought that fill'd my breast,
To find the dear consenting maid
At once so kind to all I said.
If love possess'd my soul before,
Now, sure, it must be something more.

And judge, ye youths, what heart-felt bliss
Sprung from the soft inspiring kiss;
When love and faithful union tied,
And gave me Phillis for my bride.
'Twas simple, all I felt before;
'Twas now, there could be nothing more.