[Phyllis:]
The time has come when I must yield
The liberty I loved so well
To him to whom my heart revealed
In sighs the love I dared not tell.
My future life I freely give--
Ah! yes, and all that in it is,
And pray in happiness to live
For him who holds my heart in his.
Ah! But liberty to me so dear
I now resign without a fear.
But liberty so dear now
I resign without fear, without a fear.
They say when wooing days are o'er,
And there is nothing left to gain,
That turtles coo their love no more,
And honeymoons get on the wane.
But I will bind him to my heart
With love that shall not fly too soon,
And life shall be till death us part
One everlasting honeymoon.
Ah! And liberty to me so dear
I now resign without a fear.
But liberty so dear now
I resign without fear, without a fear.