TESTO DEL LIED

"Oh! Take him gently"
di anonimo

Oh! Take him gently from the pile
And lay him here to rest,
And I will scorch for him a while.
If he must burn, then burn him in my breast,
For there is fire, there is flame enough to set the world on fire.

I'm armed and declare for a vigorous war,
By my bow and my quiver I swear,
Not a rebel to love will I spare;
This shaft I will draw to the head
And shoot the great Persian* dead.
The tyrant shall die, there's one will deny him,
let him court her with crowns, she shall fly him, shall fly him,
There's one that will fly him!
This shaft I will draw to the head
And shoot the great archer dead.