Thomas Billington
 (1754 - ?1832)

Oh! Happy state
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From "A second sett of eight Canzonets peculiarly adapted for Ladies: with an Accompanyment for the Piano Forte or Harp", London, c.1780.
Lyrics: Alexander Pope

Oh! happy state, when souls each other draw,
When love is liberty, and nature, law:
All then is full, possessing, and possess'd,
No craving void left aching in the breast:
Ev'n thought meets thought, ere from the lips it part,
And each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
This sure is bliss (if bliss on earth there be),
And once the lot of Abelard and me.