Henry Purcell - I Came, I Saw, and Was Undone lyrics

I came, I saw, and was undone; Lightning did thro' my bones and marrow run; A pointed pain pierc'd deep my heart A swift cold trembling siez'd on ev'ry part; My head turn'd round, nor could it hear The poison that was enter'd there So a destroying angel's breath Blows in the plague and with it hasty Death; Such was the pain did so begin To the poor wretch when Legion enter'd in "Forgive me, God," I cry'd, for I Flatter'd myself I was to die; But quickly to my cost I found 'Twas cruel Love, not Death had made the wound; Death a more gen'rous rage does use Quarter to all he conquers does refuse Whilst Love with barbarous mercy saves The vanquish'd lives to make them slaves I am thy slave, then let me know Hard master, the great task I have to do; Who pride and scorn do undergo In tempests and rough seas thy gallies row They pant, and groan, and sigh, but find Their sighs increase the angry wind Like an Egyptian tyrand, some Thou weariest out in building but a tomb; Other with sad and tedious art Labour i' the quarries of a stony heart Of all the works thou dost assign To all the sev'ral slaves of thine Employ me, mighty Love, to dig the mine