Henry, [PAST is the hour, forever flown,] (pastis)
PAST is the hour , forever flown , P-AE-S-T IH-Z DH-AH AW-ER F-ER-EH-V-ER F-L-OW-N When Philis with me stray'd -- W-EH-N F-IH-L-IH-S W-IH-DH M-IY S-T-R-EY-D That purest bliss forever gone , DH-AE-T P-Y-UH-R-AH-S-T B-L-IH-S F-ER-EH-V-ER G-AO-N While mutual vows we made . W-AY-L M-Y-UW-CH-UW-AH-L V-AW-Z W-IY M-EY-D The time was eve , how clear the sky ! DH-AH T-AY-M W-AA-Z IY-V HH-AW K-L-IH-R DH-AH S-K-AY Harmonious every spray ; HH-AA-R-M-OW-N-IY-AH-S EH-V-ER-IY S-P-R-EY Nor one intruding mortal nigh , N-AO-R W-AH-N IH-N-T-R-UW-D-IH-NG M-AO-R-T-AH-L N-AY To hear what love could lay . T-UW HH-IY-R W-AH-T L-AH-V K-UH-D L-EY Timid I did to her unfold T-IH-M-IH-D AY D-IH-D T-UW HH-ER AH-N-F-OW-L-D The secret of my breast ; DH-AH S-IY-K-R-AH-T AH-V M-AY B-R-EH-S-T But n'er so clumsily was told B-AH-T N-IH-R S-OW K-L-AH-M-S-AH-L-IY W-AA-Z T-OW-L-D The sense I'd have express'd . DH-AH S-EH-N-S AY-D HH-AE-V IH-K-S-P-R-EH-S-T Yet Philis heard me not displeas'd , -- Y-EH-T F-IH-L-IH-S HH-ER-D M-IY N-AA-T D-IH-S-P-L-IY-Z She smil'd , and blush'd , and smiled ; SH-IY S-M-AY-L-D AH-N-D B-L-AH-SH-T AH-N-D S-M-AY-L-D Dawn'd now my day ! my heart was eas'd , D-AO-N-D N-AW M-AY D-EY M-AY HH-AA-R-T W-AA-Z IY-Z-D Each minute bliss beguiled . IY-CH M-IH-N-AH-T B-L-IH-S B-IH-G-AY-L-D Eternal constancy I swore , IH-T-ER-N-AH-L K-AA-N-S-T-AH-N-S-IY AY S-W-AO-R And Philis vow'd to me ; AH-N-D F-IH-L-IH-S V-AW-D T-UW M-IY Now Philis , Stephen loves no more , N-AW F-IH-L-IH-S S-T-IY-V-AH-N L-AH-V-Z N-OW M-AO-R No more will Stephen see . N-OW M-AO-R W-IH-L S-T-IY-V-AH-N S-IY Another swain to Philis vows , AH-N-AH-DH-ER S-W-EY-N T-UW F-IH-L-IH-S V-AW-Z To him she curtsies low : T-UW HH-IH-M SH-IY K-ER-T-S-IY-Z L-OW " Ah ! Philis , he may break his vows , AA F-IH-L-IH-S HH-IY M-EY B-R-EY-K HH-IH-Z V-AW-Z " And prove as false as you . AH-N-D P-R-UW-V AE-Z F-AO-L-S AE-Z Y-UW " Tho' he than Stephen richer be ; DH-OW HH-IY DH-AE-N S-T-IY-V-AH-N R-IH-CH-ER B-IY " Tho' first he shine of beaux ; DH-OW F-ER-S-T HH-IY SH-AY-N AH-V B-OW " Yet boast he not such constancy , Y-EH-T B-OW-S-T HH-IY N-AA-T S-AH-CH K-AA-N-S-T-AH-N-S-IY Nor loves as Stephen does . " N-AO-R L-AH-V-Z AE-Z S-T-IY-V-AH-N D-AH-Z Still she permits the butterfly S-T-IH-L SH-IY P-ER-M-IH-T-S DH-AH B-AH-T-ER-F-L-AY To wing around the fair , T-UW W-IH-NG ER-AW-N-D DH-AH F-EH-R And leaves her constant swain to die , AH-N-D L-IY-V-Z HH-ER K-AA-N-S-T-AH-N-T S-W-EY-N T-UW D-AY A' prey to fell dispair . AH P-R-EY T-UW F-EH-L D-IH-S-P-EH-R Thus Stephen sung beneath the shade , DH-AH-S S-T-IY-V-AH-N S-AH-NG B-IH-N-IY-TH DH-AH SH-EY-D Thus taught the grove to sigh , DH-AH-S T-AO-T DH-AH G-R-OW-V T-UW S-AY While tell-tale winds , that round him play'd , W-AY-L T-EH-L-T-EY-L W-IH-N-D-Z DH-AE-T R-AW-N-D HH-IH-M P-L-EY-D Convey'd the song to me . K-AH-N-V-EY-D DH-AH S-AO-NG T-UW M-IY