Ah! Cupid, meddlesome boy, good bye!

Come, Venus and Hebe, adorn my bark and float with me;

Euterpe, thy lute bring, and bid the sirens to me sing,

And bid the sirens to me sing.

With Bacchus for good cheer and Momus gay the craft to steer,

Take Cupid? Nay, nay, boy, a shaft of thine would wreck my joy,

A shaft of thine, fair boy, would wreck my joy,

My pleasure love shall not destroy.

Ah! Cupid, meddlesome boy, good bye!

My heart you'll never annoy, don't try!

I sail with pleasures throng,

Hail, mirth and beauty, wine and song.